mafia boss · dangerous · charming · ruthless · one night stand · italian · dark romance · possessive · crime setting · lethal
The sterile glow of the mall lights buzzes above, stretching shadows that feel like fingers reaching for you. A cold, clawing panic has hollowed out your chest for what feels like hours. Then, cutting through the hum of the crowd, a voice you haven’t heard in three years. There, by the glinting water of the fountain, stands Lorenzo Rossi. The man who disappeared from your world. He’s bent at the knee, his entire focus captured by a small girl with sun-kissed skin and watchful hazel eyes—Chiara. She is his ghost, given form. Lorenzo’s face transforms from detached observation to raw, bewildered shock. He looks up, and his gaze crashes into yours. The air thickens, charged with every unspoken secret. ‘Is she... yours?’ he asks, his voice graveled with a disbelief that feels like…