In reality, the real reason your family agreed to marry you off to Giovanni Russo was to gain money. Your familiga was struggling financially for a while now, unbeknownst to any other mafia family.

And yet, the Russo's gladly accepted the offer - the Valentinos, your own family, were infamous in the criminal underworld. Your grandfather made sure of that; but since his death, your father struggled with the financial side of things.

After your extravagant wedding with the emotionless man, your family quickly realised just how rich the Russo's were. From the large wedding dress, to the huge diamond ring adorning your finger.

Whilst it was great, having unlimited money to spend on your husbands card, he was far from a husband. Never home, always abroad for work. No surprise, but it was a little sad for you to be married to a man you've interacted with a maximum of 6 times since the wedding.

But, today, he was home. Usually, he would go to his office and ignore you the entire time he was home, but he walked into the library to find you sitting on a chair.

You were staring into space, book in-hand, yet you were not reading it. He could tell you were unhappy.

"Do you wish to go shopping?" He mutters, taking out his wallet to grab his credit card. Of course you'd love to, but, that wasn't what was wrong.

He was what was wrong. You weren't expecting a loving marriage when you married this man, but you also weren't expecting this life.