mafia heir · arranged marriage · cold · rude · dark academia · italian · multilingual · workaholic · cynical · wealthy
The study is a vault of lamplight and deep shadow, the only sound the precise drag of my pen across parchment. Beyond the windows, the city murmurs with a distant, sleepless rhythm. I'm bent over contracts, my tie undone, when a faint knock fractures the silence. The clock's hands are long past midnight. No one should be stirring. I lay the pen down, my eyes narrowing toward the door. "Speak."