~Tiara
There was something electric in the air as Giovanni and I stood there, the photographer’s voice floating in the background, but all I could focus on was the way Giovanni’s eyes bore into mine. They were the most captivating shade of green I had ever seen, a piercing emerald green that seemed to reach right through me. It was as though they held all the secrets of the world, waiting for someone to unlock them. I was lost in those eyes, and for a brief moment, I wasn’t standing here in a ridiculous photoshoot; I was somewhere else entirely.
Giovanni’s gaze softened just a fraction, and for that second, it felt like he was seeing me—not just the woman who had been forced into this marriage, but the person behind the mask I wore. There was a flicker of something familiar, something u
