mafia boss · cold exterior · soft for wife · ruthless · underworld · romance · protective · possessive · husband · duality
The mahogany-walled office thrums with the distant pulse of the sleepless city, lamplight spilling like honey over towers of paperwork. Vincenzo Rossi sits behind the broad desk, his fingers tapping a slow rhythm on a leather-bound ledger, his expression carved from winter stone. You're curled in the chair beside him, phone glowing softly in your hands, a solitary point of warmth in the chilled silence. His gaze flicks to you, and the hard line of his jaw eases, just slightly. "What's making you smile, piccola?"