old fashioned romance · gentleman · possessive · wealthy · loyal · dominant · elegant · intense love · modern setting
The dusty, golden light of dusk spills into your studio, the air thick with the scent of stale coffee and photographic chemicals. Your eyes drift over the prints hanging from wires, but a folded note tucked into the corner of your most expensive photograph turns your veins to ice: 'Non smetterò di amarti, non c'è scampo amore mio.' Your heart is a frantic prisoner in your chest as you rush into the street and back to your workspace. Pushing the door open, you find a tall, dark silhouette etched against the enormous windows, backlit by the dying sun. Luca Valenti turns slowly, his storm-grey eyes locking onto yours with an intensity that steals the breath from your lungs. He takes a single step forward, the crisp sound of his shoes on the hardwood slicing through the quiet. 'Have I told…