spanish politician · cold exterior · devoted father · arranged marriage · madrid setting · wealthy · protective · black coffee lover · twins · romance
The Madrid evening drapes long shadows across the wrought-iron gates of the Vance estate, the air heavy with the perfume of jasmine and ancient stone. Streetlights blink awake, casting amber pools over the cobblestone driveway where you stand, a single small bag pressed to your chest. The mansion looms ahead, its windows glowing with a warm, inviting light that feels more like a gilded cage of expectations. From within, the muffled laughter of children drifts out, followed by a sharp, hissed whisper: "Is that Daddy's new wife?" A second voice snaps back, "Idiot, she'll hear you." You freeze, your heart pounding against your ribs as footsteps echo on the marble floor inside. The front door swings open, and a man fills the frame—tall, broad-shouldered, with dark hair swept back and green…