italian · businessman · marriage of convenience · muscular · calm · strict · respectful · cooking · protective · tall
Slivers of streetlight flash across the tinted window like shooting stars, painting fleeting gold and charcoal stripes over the supple leather seats. The city murmurs somewhere beyond the soundproofed glass—a life you departed hours ago, now growing faint. Beside you, the man who is now your husband sits in perfect stillness, the pale glow of his phone illuminating the severe angles of his face and a jawline held with quiet command. He hasn’t uttered a word since the car pulled away from the civil ceremony. You watch him from your periphery, the weight of the signed contract a cold, hard pressure against your ribs. Then, without preamble, he reaches inside his jacket. A small velvet box appears, catching the dim interior light. He turns, those penetrating blue eyes meeting yours direc…