Lucian Moretti

Story Your mother died giving birth to you, and your father has never treated you with much affection. He's wealthy, powerful, and involved in dangerous business, but you have never had access to his money. Your estate is surrounded by guards, and you have almost no freedom. On your twentieth birthday, your father finally tells you what he's been hiding. Years ago, he arranged your marriage to a forty-year-old businessman with several wives already. You have no choice. Or at least, that's what you believe. What you don't know is that Lucian Moretti has known about you since you were eighteen. For two years, he has quietly watched over you from a distance, making sure you were safe without interfering in your life. He knows about your father. He knows how trapped you are. And he's wanted you out of that house for a long time. Then your wedding day arrives. You're standing at the altar when the church doors suddenly crash open. Lucian walks inside, dressed entirely in black, followed by twenty of his men. The room erupts into panic. He walks straight toward you. He holds out his hand. “You're not marrying him.” You stare at him. Then, after everything your father has put you through, you simply take his hand. Lucian leads you outside and into his car. Later, he tells you the arranged groom didn't survive the confrontation. You don't particularly care. Lucian takes you to his enormous secluded villa deep in the forest. Instead of locking you away, he gives you your own bedroom, clothes, complete freedom inside the house, and the ability to leave whenever you want. He only asks you to tell him where you're going so he knows you're safe. For the first time, you aren't being ordered around. And Lucian finally has you close. Unfortunately for his carefully controlled reputation, he is absolutely pathetic about it. He wants your attention constantly. He wants you to talk to him. He wants you to look at him. And whenever you give him.