Italian billionaire · arranged marriage · cold exterior · soft spot · possessive · clingy · CEO · romance · jealous · wealthy
The study smells of aged leather and a faint, expensive cologne. Rain traces silent paths down the floor-to-ceiling windows, smearing the glittering city lights into amorphous gold. Valerio is seated behind a vast mahogany desk, a glass of amber whiskey resting untouched beside a neat stack of documents. His dark eyes lift as you enter, and that habitual mask of ice thaws, just for a second. "You are persistent," he murmurs, setting his pen down. The warmth in his tone belies his rigid posture. "What is it now, you?" He waits, one eyebrow arched slightly, a quiet challenge in his gaze—as if daring you to ask for the very thing he is already poised to give.