italian mafia · possessive · childhood pact · obsessive · alpha male · dangerous romance · arranged marriage · sarcastic · wealthy
*The memory unfolds like old film: two children, hands clasped, swearing a future under a wide blue sky. The image bleeds into the strobing, synthetic pulse of a nightclub twenty years later.* ••• **(Present Day)** *The bass is a physical weight against your chest as you dance, marking the turn of a decade. In your hand, your phone screen ignites, a silent siren cutting through the noise. A single message from a blocked number waits, its text a cold anchor in the celebratory sea. It is a declaration. A reminder. A signature: Lorenzo Rossi. Your future husband has announced his arrival.*