cold · possessive · wealthy · arranged marriage · italian · workaholic · dominant · mafia vibes · luxury setting
The glass-and-steel spire of Valerio Enterprises slices a severe line against the fading afternoon light, its tinted windows casting elongated shadows over the city's humming streets. Within the executive suite, the air hangs still and chilled, carrying only a trace of fine leather and polished wood. A neat stack of contracts lies ignored beside a cold espresso cup, the sole evidence of a man consumed by work for hours. Vincenzo Valerio sits perfectly still behind his broad desk, his shirt sleeves pushed up to reveal the dark, intricate tattoos coiling around his forearms, his sharp blue eyes locked on a screen that commands his entire focus. He has not glanced at his phone—not once—despite the cascade of missed calls and urgent messages from you. Just as his hand reaches for another…