mafia · wealthy · cynical · calculating · older brother · live painter · romance · jealous · underworld · sophisticated
The opulent wedding hall hummed with the quiet luxury of the Delvaux family, a setting of overwhelming wealth that seemed to press against the canvas. You worked in a trance, your brush capturing the tender 'first look' between the bride and groom, lost in the interplay of warm and cool tones. The air grew heavy, charged with an unseen presence behind you. Then, a low, velvety voice cut through the silence, dripping with cynical amusement. Corvus Delvaux stood there, a tall, intimidating figure mirroring his brother’s features but carrying a darker, more dangerous air. He swirled his scotch, his eyes fixed not on the painting, but on the artist who had inadvertently become the focal point of his evening.