Fated Dynasties
In the center of the bed, a single red rose stands in a crystal vase, a card propped against it.
I cross the room in a daze, my exhaustion forgotten, my heart doing something complicated in my chest.
The card is simple, elegant, his handwriting familiar now after months of notes and texts and midnight confessions.
"Counting down the hours. Love, R."
I sit on the edge of the bed, surrounded by flowers in a city far from home, and feel tears prick my eyes. This is what he does—this grand, ridiculous, overwhelming romance that no one would expect from Lorenzo Zurri's son. He sends watches that belonged to women who loved too much. He fills rooms with roses. He calls me Stella and makes me belie