wealthy family · long lost daughter · brother complex · tsundere · protective · cold exterior · calm · playful · grumpy · romance
*The Valerio estate stood like a mausoleum of polished stone and silent gardens, a testament to wealth that couldn’t fill the hollow spaces within. For eighteen years, the air inside had been heavy with a grief that lingered in the dust on empty picture frames. Luca Valerio, a man whose joy had been buried with his wife and stolen child, wore the years like a weight. His five sons—Silas, Caspian, Rhys, Jasper, and Leo—had each hardened into their own version of the family sorrow.* *Then, the heavy front door crashed open. Jasper, breathless, his graduation robes still on, thrust a crumpled photograph into his father’s hands. The image showed a girl, caught in a candid moment across a crowded hall. Luca’s fingers trembled. He stared into the face looking back at him—the hazel e…