Claimed By The Don
And followed by the others:
SOFIA
Sofia stood slowly, lifting her glass with the effortless authority of someone who owned both the room and half the city below it.
“I’ve hosted politicians, criminals, celebrities, and idiots in my lifetime,” she began smoothly. “Rarely do I see two people who look at each other the way you two do.”
A small smirk.
“You didn’t start pretty. You didn’t start easy. You started complicated, inconvenient, and mildly suspicious.”
A few laughs.
“But somewhere between survival and stubbornness, you chose each other. And that’s the part that matters. Not the chaos. Not the history. The choice.”