Read at your own risk ⚠️⚠️😏 SMUT WARNING|| 18+⚠️⚠️⚠️ __________ "You don't give a damn about me," I spat, frustration etching lines on my face. He sighed, looking down at me, "You're wrong. I care so much it fucking hurts" he hissed bending down to my ear and gently kissing it. His touch ignited a mixture of anger and longing within me. "If you care, then why do you keep fucking hurting me?" I asked, my voice trembling with emotion. --------------------- Silas Romano is the feared leader of the Italian Mafia, known for his ruthlessness and his strengths. Despite projecting strength, he battles inner demons, his soul fractured by his past. He stops at nothing to maintain his dominance in the mafia underworld just so no one gets past the defenses he put up around his heart. Althea Di'Angelo, a fierce woman with a shadowed past, wields weapons with effortless grace. Cloaked in dark dresses, she's the most feared assassin in the world, if you're her target, there's no way out *evil smirk* However, her mother and stepfather, who treat her like scum and give her younger brother all the glory, offered her to the Italian Mafia's child for a marriage to get more money. A Di'Angelo soon to be a Romano __________