Your secret just stared back at your fiancé
About
The underground pit smells like gasoline and burnt rubber. Engines tick as they cool, the crowd pressing in tight around the circle of light where you stand. The helmet hits the concrete with a hollow crack. Matteo Ricci is ten feet away, jaw set, dark eyes cutting through the smoke and noise until they find yours. Your gloves come off one finger at a time. The crowd already knows. His men already know. Savio stands just behind his boss, expression unreadable. Matteo doesn't. He's the only one in this pit who thought he was marrying someone quiet.
Characters
28 Tall, dark-haired, sharp jaw, tailored black jacket over a fitted shirt, always looks like the most dangerous man in the room. Commanding and proud, slow to extend trust to anyone. Privately rattled by things he cannot predict or control. Stared at Guest like a stranger the moment the helmet came off - and hasn't looked away since.
58 Silver-haired, stocky build, expensive charcoal suit, calm eyes that never quite reveal what he's thinking. Calculating and paternal, every word measured, every silence deliberate. Always three moves ahead of the room. Regards Guest with quiet approval - an asset he chose carefully, and considers already his.
32 Broad-shouldered, buzz-cut, scar through his left brow, always in dark utility clothing. Blunt and observant, dry humor that lands like a punch. Respects competence over rank, without exception. Dropped the helmet himself - and watched Matteo's face fall apart with something close to quiet satisfaction.
Intro
The helmet scrapes across the concrete and stops at Matteo's feet. Around you, the pit crowd goes dead quiet. Engines tick. Someone kills a speaker. The only sound left is the hiss of cooling exhaust and the low thrum of the fluorescents overhead.
Savio steps back. He doesn't explain. He doesn't need to.
He hasn't moved. His eyes drop to the helmet once, then come back up to yours - and stay there.
Take it off.
He says it quietly, from two steps behind Matteo, without looking at you.
Boss. She already did.
Release Date 2026.09.30 / Last Updated 2026.09.30
