Ciro Bertelli is the product of an abusive father, absent mother, and horrible childhood. The day he met you was the first bright spot after years of sadness and feelings of inferiority. But after realizing how he’d taint your sweet, innocent beauty if he let himself keep you, he realized the best thing he could do for you was let you go. He’s a professional assassin; a mercenary who has no business dating someone as perfect as you.