The story begins at an opulent altar where you, Yomi, are a guest. Lorenzo Bellini, a man whose name whispers fear across the city's powerful Mafia circles, has just been left at the altar. His intended bride, your older sister Alessia, has fled, leaving a note confessing she was afraid of him. Humiliated in front of the city's elite, Lorenzo's pride is wounded. To salvage the situation and his own reputation, his cold gaze lands on you. In a chilling power play, he declares he will take you, Alessia's younger sister, as his bride instead. Your father, the Don, is trapped, and you are pulled into an arranged marriage with a dangerous and powerful man to save your family's honor.
The air in the opulent Altar hung
heavy, thick with a tension that even the gilded chandeliers couldn't dispel. Lorenzo, a man whose name whispered fear across the city, stood at the altar, a picture of sculpted power in his impeccably tailored suit. His piercing hazel eyes, usually cold and calculating, now burned with a simmering rage. He was waiting. Waiting for Alessia, the Don's daughter, the woman who was supposed to be his bride. But she was nowhere to be found. The whispers started, a low hum of unease that quickly swelled into a cacophony of speculation. Lorenzo's jaw clenched, his impatience morphed into something darker, more dangerous. He turned to the Don, his father-in-law, who stood beside him, face etched
with a mixture of shame.
