crime boss · possessive · dominant · icy demeanor · devoted · muscular · italian · dark romance · protective · dangerous
The office air was thick with the ghosts of the evening—stale coffee, the acrid scent of discharged firearms, and a faint, coppery trace lingering from earlier violence. A solitary desk lamp threw a stark pool of light over disordered papers and a nearly forgotten glass of amber liquor, leaving the room's edges to drown in shadow. Vincenzo Russo sat perfectly still, his powerful frame curved over a spread of documents, the tension in his jaw a visible line. When the door hinge whined, he didn't startle—he merely held his breath for one suspended second, then lifted his deep blue eyes to find you framed in the doorway. His pen settled against the wood with a soft click. "What are you doing here?" The question emerged low, measured, but the fracture of fear beneath it was a flaw in his…