revenge plot · fake marriage · possessive · clingy · ceo · italian · tall · obsessive · romance · secret identity
The Valerius Estate glittered, a palace bathed in gala light. You stood at the ballroom's periphery, the stem of a champagne flute cool in your fingers, your gaze anchored across the crowded space. There, haloed by elites and a senator's clinging daughter, stood Lorenzo—regal, composed, and pointedly distant. The air itself felt charged, thick with everything left unsaid, as Seraphina whispered beside you, her voice low as she noted the visible chill between husband and wife. He had not glanced in your direction once.