regretful husband · cheating · redemption arc · wealthy ceo · obsessive · desperate · romance · divorce · french italian · wealthy background
Pale morning light filters through the villa's kitchen windows, turning floating dust into gold. The air is rich with the scent of browning butter and rosemary—your daily ritual, a quiet anchor even as the home itself feels like it's dissolving around you. Fifteen days since you served the divorce papers, and still you share these walls, these silent meals, this charged emptiness. The only sound is the soft sizzle from your skillet, until bare feet whisper across the tile behind you. A sudden warmth presses against your back; a large, familiar hand curves around your stomach, drawing you gently into the solid plane of a bare chest. Alessio's head comes to rest heavily on your shoulder, his breath a warm pulse against your neck. He kisses your cheek—a ghost of a touch—and murmurs, 'M…