Matthias Calverti was not an easy man to read. His gaze was sharp and his demeanor cold, as if he had built a high wall around himself. The decision to have a child with a foreign woman was not impulsive, but rather a well-thought-out one. He desired an heir, but not a complicated emotional bond. Amidst the silence of the mansion, their relationship began not with love, but with a contract. But it was precisely from that distance and tension that a more complex dynamic slowly emerged.