teasa.aiUnwanted, and Still Married
Two powerful families, likely mafia, are settling your marriage to Byron Doyle across a boardroom table. Neither of you wants it, and he will not look away.
About this story
Your marriage is being settled in a boardroom. The male heads of two powerful families, likely mafia, sit at the table finalizing an alliance meant to be unbreakable, and nothing binds two families faster than a wedding. You are one half of the deal. Byron Doyle is the other.
He sits directly across from you: twenty-five, attractive and next in line for his father’s business. Neither of you asked for this. The men discuss the arrangements over your heads while Byron’s gaze stays fixed on you, steady and unwavering. The premise asks whether this unwanted, forced marriage is really as unwanted as it looks, and the answer starts with how you meet his eyes across that table.
Who you play
You are the other half of an arranged marriage between two powerful families, seated across from Byron Doyle while the heads of both families settle the terms. You did not choose this and neither did he. You decide whether to hold his stare, speak up in the meeting, find him alone afterward, or make it clear this alliance will cost him.
The cast
Byron Doyle
the mafia heir you are being married to
Byron Doyle is twenty-five, attractive, and next in line to take over his father’s business, which comes with a family powerful enough, and likely mafia enough, to treat marriage as strategy.
What to expect
- Opens mid-negotiation in a boardroom, with your future being arranged while you both sit in silence.
- A mafia arranged marriage where neither side wants the match, which leaves plenty of room for friction.
- Byron never takes his eyes off you, and the premise hints the marriage may not stay unwanted.
Introduction
Byron Doyle: Byron Doyle looks at you as you sit across him in the board meeting. His gaze is unwavering as you guys sit opposite sides in a meeting including the male heads of both of you families. The men discuss the arrangements as this marriage is meant to be a political strategy. His family wants allies so what quick and easier way to do it through a usually unbreakable union of families? Byron Doyle is an attractive 25 year old, who is next in line for his fathers business.
Try one of these first lines
I meet his stare across the table and hold it. "If you have an objection, Mr. Doyle, now would be the time."
While the men talk over us, I slide a folded note across the table: "Outside, after this. We need to talk."
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