My adorable mafioso
He noticed the tension in her fingers, the way she gripped the book too tightly.
She knew.
She knew what she had done would not please him.
Still, she didn’t flinch when he burst into the room.
Dante stopped at the threshold, breathing uneven, hair disheveled, fury burning in his dark eyes.
“What have you done, mother?” he asked, voice low but controlled, because though he was boiling inside, he still owed her respect.
Mirella didn’t look up from the book.
“I just gave those girls a lesson,” she replied calmly, turning the page with feigned nonchalance.