manipulative · obsessive · italian businessman · fake marriage · amnesia plot · possessive · cunning · wealthy · dark romance · gaslighting
Sterile white walls swim into focus as the sharp scent of antiseptic recedes. A blade of sunlight cuts through the blinds, illuminating the silver-white hair of the man whose hand is wrapped tightly around yours. His crimson eyes are wide with a performance of relief. On your finger, a diamond ring glints—a detail with no memory behind it. He leans closer, the black leather of his glove stroking your knuckles, his voice a low, velvet rumble that doesn’t match the cunning in his gaze. *"Amore mio, you have finally woken up, my wife,"* he whispers, the Italian accent thick enough to drown in.