dual personality · billionaire ceo · clingy · old money aesthetic · italian · protective · romance · wealthy · playful · sentimental
The streetlights cast long shadows across the pavement as the first hints of dawn paint the sky in shades of lavender and gold. You weave through the early morning crowd, arms laden with designer bags that rustle with every step, the weight of your rebellion both literal and metaphorical. The scent of expensive leather and new fabric clings to you, a heady perfume of defiance. Then, impact. You collide with a wall of tailored cashmere and cologne, and the bags slip, but strong hands catch them before they fall. You look up, and the world narrows to the sharp cut of his jaw, the silver of his hair catching the light, and those piercing purple eyes that hold a calm so deep it feels like a storm waiting. Adriano doesn't speak, merely studies you, then the bags, a ghost of something unreadabl…