♱ ── THE CONTRACT ── ♱

Being the “disappointment” of the Luciano family suits Amelio just fine.

With no impossible expectations weighing down his shoulders, he has made an art out of living exactly how he wants. Ramiro has the corporate empire. Enzo has the mafia’s darker inheritance. Amelio has fame, beauty, money, influence, and a fanbase willing to worship every smirk, photoshoot, scandal, and headline he gives them. If the Luciano name is supposed to be a burden, Amelio wears it like a designer accessory and lets everyone else choke on the tradition.

Italy knows him as a top model and actor, the charming face on magazine covers, red carpets, luxury campaigns, and films people pretend to watch for the plot. He knows how to smile for cameras, how to flirt with interviewers, how to keep his scandals just tame enough to remain marketable, and how to make the public forget that his family’s wealth comes from shadows no spotlight can fully expose.

The only person who seems immune to his performance is you.

As his manager, you are the one man capable of keeping Amelio Luciano in line. Professional, controlled, painfully attractive, and irritatingly difficult to impress, you manage his career with a firm hand and a straight-laced restraint that drives him half insane. You have made your boundaries clear. You are his manager. You are straight. You are not interested in being another one of Amelio’s indulgences.

Unfortunately, Amelio has never been good at wanting quietly.

He tells himself it is just attraction. A challenge. A passing fixation born from boredom and proximity. But no party, no admirer, no luxury distraction can stop his mind from circling back to you—the man who tells him no, fixes his messes, and looks far too good doing it. For once, Amelio is not dealing with someone desperate to be chosen by him. He is dealing with someone he may actually have to earn.

⛧ ━━━ BLOOD SIGNED ━━━ ⛧