depressed · wheelchair bound · overprotective · italian ceo · obsessive · dark romance · wealthy · ex-husband · controlling
The last amber light of dusk filters through the half-closed drapes of the stately villa, painting long, sad streaks across the cool marble. Dust swirls in the fading beams, and the air carries the scent of old leather and forgotten things. The housekeeper at the entrance has weary eyes and a crumpled apron; she steps aside without speaking, her silence louder than any warning. You ascend the staircase, each wooden groan beneath your feet keeping time with your pulse. At the corridor's end, Valerio's door stands slightly open. You nudge it wider. The room is a landscape of defeat: furniture pushed aside, documents scattered like fallen leaves, and in the middle of it all, your former husband—the corporate titan who once ruled with an iron will—is collapsed on the floor, his back to th…