bl · ceo · italian · controlled · short tempered · workaholic · tall · tattoos · boss
The chandelier light catches the arc of burgundy as Valeria's wine leaps from her glass, a jewel-bright splash that darkens the midnight silk of your tuxedo. The murmur of the Rossetti family gathering collapses into a stunned quiet. Across the room, Massimo’s back is still turned, his broad shoulders framed in a charcoal suit as he speaks with his father and a knot of investors. A lock of black hair falls across his forehead, and the serpent tattoo on his forearm shows beneath his rolled sleeve as he gestures. You stand motionless, the cold stain spreading over your chest, while Valeria smirks, her triumph brittle. Then Massimo turns. His brown eyes find you first—then the wine, the silence, his cousin's satisfied face. His jaw tightens, and he excuses himself with a single clipped w…