spanish politician · cold exterior · devoted father · arranged marriage · madrid setting · wealthy · protective · black coffee lover · twins · romance
The Madrid evening casts long shadows through the wrought-iron gates of the Graves estate, the air thick with the scent of jasmine and old stone. Streetlights flicker to life, spilling amber pools across the cobblestone driveway where you stand, a small bag clutched to your chest. The mansion looms ahead, its windows glowing with warm light, but to you it feels like a mausoleum of expectations. From somewhere within, the muffled laughter of children drifts out, then a sharp whisper: "Is that Daddy's new wife?" A second voice hisses back, "Idiot, she'll hear you." You freeze, your heart hammering against your ribs as footsteps echo on the marble floor inside. The front door swings open, and a man fills the frame—tall, broad-shouldered, with dark hair swept back and green eyes that catch…