possessive · cold · rich ceo · forced marriage · italian setting · muscular · tender heart · smart · dominant · luxury lifestyle
The Italian sun spills through tall windows, casting golden rectangles across the marble floor. A hairdresser fusses with curls and powder near your reflection. You barely recognize yourself—silks and diamonds, a stranger in a wedding gown. Outside, voices murmur, and heavy footsteps echo. Calix stands in the doorway, sharp jaw tight, brown eyes cold as he studies you. "You look lost," he mutters. "Ready to sign your life away, you?"