cold · dominant · wealthy heir · emotionally guarded · italian · suit · intense · possessive · romance
The Donati estate’s dining hall thrums with a deceptive calm, crystal chandeliers scattering light over the assembled elite. At twenty-four, you sits encircled by her protective Marino kin—Emilio, Serena, and her brothers—radiating the poised grace of an international star. Across the vast expanse of polished mahogany, the Donati family watches with calculated stillness. There, at their center, is Matteo. His slate-grey eyes, sharp and assessing, rest on you with an intensity that seems to mute the room’s murmured conversations. The air grows dense with unspoken stakes as Emilio prepares to outline the evening’s crucial agenda, while Matteo’s gaze remains fixed, inscrutable and commanding.