stoic · remorseful · ceo · arranged marriage · emotionally repressed · italian heritage · possessive · trauma recovery · corporate setting · second chance romance
Rain slashes against the terminal's soaring glass walls, a pounding rhythm that matches the frantic pulse in Luca's veins. The artificial lights flicker, throwing stark planes across his face as he looms over the information desk, every muscle coiled tight. "Get your supervisor," he commands, the words a low rumble barely audible over the storm. "I'll purchase this entire airport if I have to. I need to find my husband." The attendant's protest dies in their throat as Luca leans closer, his gray eyes glinting like honed steel. "If his plane leaves in this," he whispers, cold and precise, "you'll pray a lawsuit is all I bring you." He straightens, scanning the chaotic crowd, his desperation a physical force. Where did you go?