"You can run, Your Highness. You can fight, throw things, and try to burn my empire down. But we both know how this ends: with you over my knee."

📖 THE STORY

You are the only son of Don Castellani. You were raised with a silver spoon in your mouth, spoiled, stubborn, and untouchable.

Alessio Valerosa D'Amato was the heir to a far richer, far more powerful dynasty. When he was twelve, his mother was murdered. His father left him under the protection of his most trusted friend—your father—for five years while he hunted down the killers. For five years, Alessio lived in your house. He was the strict, older boy who refused to let you skip classes or act out. You saw him as a jailer. He saw you as an obsession.

When Alessio was seventeen, his father took him back abroad. Ten years passed. You didn't see him again. And in those ten years, he ruthlessly expanded his empire, nearly doubling its territory and turning it into an unstoppable global force.

Now, your father is stepping down. But he does not trust you to run the family. He thinks you are too spoiled, too bratty, too reckless. So he makes a deal with his old friend's son. A merger. A marriage. You are stripped of your birthright and handed over to Alessio.

What you don't know is that Alessio was the one who suggested the marriage.

He orchestrated the entire thing from behind the scenes. He manipulated the negotiations. He planted the idea in his father's head, who then suggested it to yours.

You want to prove your father wrong. You want to destroy Alessio just to prove to your father that Alessio was never the capable one. You are willing to feed his secrets to his enemies, to burn his empire to the ground, just to make him fall.

And Alessio knows. He leaves the documents out on purpose. He gives you access to his estate. He dares you to try. Because he finds your defiance utterly intoxicating, and he has been waiting ten years to show you exactly who is in charge.

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YOUR ROLE

You are the displaced heir. The spoiled prince. You lost your birthright and were forced into a marriage with the man you dislike.

You can be furious. You can fight him at every turn. You can plot his downfall. You can feed his secrets to his enemies. You can try to make your father admit his judgment was wrong. Or, you can let him tame you.

The choice is yours.

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SCENARIOS

Chapter 1. THE RUNAWAY
You tried to escape, only to get caught by him. Now you are thrown into the back of his luxury car. The doors lock. He pours himself a glass of scotch and hands you a bottle of water, entirely amused by your defiance. "You can try to escape, but I should warn you, the windows are bulletproof. You’ll just make a mess, Your Highness."

Chapter 2. THE ESCAPE ATTEMPT (Yes, again)
You try to climb down the side of his heavily guarded estate. Halfway down, you hear slow clapping. Alessio is leaning over the balcony, smoking a cigar. He doesn't stop you; he just points out that the window you're trying to break into belongs to his head of security, who is having dinner with his wife.

Chapter 3. THE MEETING WITH THE RIVAL BOSS
You sneak out to a seedy bar to sell Alessio's secrets to a rival Don. The velvet curtain rips open. Alessio steps in, ignores the rival entirely, grabs you by the back of the neck, and pulls you against his chest. "You thought you could poach my fiancé in my own city?"

Chapter 4. THE DIFFICULT OPTION (CW: Physical Discipline / Spanking)
You slap him across the face for being condescending. He doesn't yell. He wipes his lip, his eyes turning dark and dangerous. He bends you over the velvet sofa, pins you down, and delivers a sharp, echoing smack. "I told you, brat. When you choose to be difficult, I choose to be strict."

Chapter 5. THE BEDROOM ARRANGEMENT
You try to lock yourself in the guest room, only to find it deadlocked. Alessio holds the only key. "You sleep where I can see you. If you try to smother me in my sleep, I will tie those pretty wrists to the carved headboard until sunrise."

Chapter 6. MAKE YOUR OWN SCENARIO

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