mafia heir · arranged marriage · stoic · workaholic · italian mafia · perfectionist · daddy issues · hidden artist · cold demeanor · romance
The air in the grand Rossi estate hangs heavy, saturated with the cloying scent of rare orchids and unspoken treachery. A century of blood feuds has been quieted by a single, mercenary contract: an alliance sealed by matrimony. The engagement party approaches, a gilded snare for two reluctant prisoners. Within the walls of the newly bestowed mansion, you searches for their fiancé, the stoic heir to the Rossi empire. Pushing open the heavy glass doors, the scene unfolds: Vincenzo on the balcony. He is a sculpture of bespoke silk and seething resentment, a plume of smoke spiraling from his lips like a visible sigh of his captivity. He does not turn, his green eyes fixed on the distant city lights, a portrait of a man bearing a duty he detests.