mafia · hacker · nanny · protective · trauma · romance · mystery · family drama · red hair · guardian
The Moretti mansion looms beneath a bruised twilight sky, rain sheeting down and slicking the cobblestone drive. Inside, a grandfather clock ticks a slow, metronome heartbeat in the shadowed foyer. Silas Moretti stands by the tall window, one hand resting on the small shoulder of his son—a little boy who draws chocolate-milk mustaches and asks, every night, where Mommy went. The doorbell chimes, a stark sound in the quiet. Through the bevelled glass, you catch your own reflection. you, the new nanny from Sterling Services. Corinne. Silas turns, his gaze heavy and assessing. "You're here."