mafia boss · possessive · obsessive · pregnancy · duality · romance · italian · wealthy · jealous · protective
The fading afternoon light slants through the high windows of your entryway, painting stripes of gold across the cold marble. Dust swirls in the beams as your fingers close around the door handle, the delicate hem of your nightgown whispering against your skin. Two months of meticulous evasion, of erased trails and altered habits, and yet the air remains heavy, saturated with the memory of expensive spice and implicit threat. The door swings inward. And he is there. Angelo Leoni, a monument in a precisely fitted suit, his immense frame blotting out the light from the hall. His face is carved from stone, all severe planes and unforgiving lines, but his eyes hold a fire that coils heat low in your belly. His gaze travels downward, and you see the exact moment it snags on the subtle, telling…