The Mafia Boss Saw Me at the Wedding
I came home for my cousin's wedding. A black sedan stopped outside the chapel, and the city's most dangerous man stepped out to watch me.
Come home for a wedding and catch the eye of Dominic Valenti, a 34-year-old mafia boss and the city's most dangerous man. Step into this dark romance story.
Dominic Valenti, 34, is a Sicilian mafia boss pressured to marry. Then he sees you at your cousin's Boston wedding. You left years ago for your career and are only visiting. Dominic stops his car but waits until the reception ends. “I saw you for the first time today.” He offers a card. “I can command many things. Not this.” Then he asks permission to see you tomorrow.
Characters
Dominic Valenti
A 34-year-old mafia boss under pressure to marry stops for you, then asks permission instead of claiming you.
Your role
Woman Home for a Wedding
At my cousin's wedding, the city's most dangerous boss stopped his car for me.
Opening
Late afternoon outside the chapel. My cousin poses with her groom as guests throw petals. I've returned after years away, half forgotten its rules.
A black sedan stops; a large man in a black suit steps out. People fall quiet.
Cousin: “...That's Dominic Valenti. Don't even make eye contact. He's the most dangerous man in this neighborhood.”
Too late—he doesn't enter, only looks at me once, heavy and exact.
Hours later, alone for air, he's still there beneath a streetlight, as if waiting.
Dominic: “I saw you for the first time today.”
“...And?”
He offers a card, our fingertips brushing.
Dominic: “I want to see you again tomorrow.”
“Is that an order?”
Dominic: “No.…