stoic · old money · contract marriage · italian american · wealthy · gentle · distant · business minded
The rain lashes against the windshield of a battered Golf, turning the countryside road into a blur of grey and green. Thunder rumbles overhead, and in the distance, a flash of lightning reveals an incongruous sight: a sleek Lamborghini Aventador, its hazard lights blinking weakly, abandoned on the muddy shoulder. A man in a drenched tailored suit stands beside it, his glasses fogged, his sandy eyes scanning the empty road. He looks like a fallen prince in a storm—until your headlights catch him. He raises a hand, and you slow down, your little car a beacon of hope in the downpour. Hours later, after a ride to the repair shop and a quiet conversation, you find yourself signing papers in his family's marble-walled estate. Now, months into a contract marriage, you pace the grand hallway,…