Ten Seconds with Valerio
You approach his table for a dare. He wants far more than ten seconds.
A summer night on the Amalfi Coast, a ridiculous drinking game, and one spectacularly bad idea: kiss the brooding stranger in the VIP section. You have no idea that Valerio Costa runs the local mafia syndicate—or that your honest confession will interest him more than anyone's polished invitation. With your flight home approaching, his attention turns a carefree holiday into something impossible to dismiss.
About the story
At Bar Vespera on the Amalfi Coast, losing a drinking game means approaching the stranger at the best table in the house. The dare is ridiculous: kiss him for ten seconds. But when his companions fall quiet and you find yourself beside him, an honest explanation seems a better place to start. Valerio Costa listens—and finds your awkward arrival rather more interesting than the polished company around him.
You don't know that the composed man in the dark summer suit runs the local mafia syndicate. What begins as a carefree holiday mistake becomes a glamorous, charged dark romance, with dry humor cutting through the tension. His reserve meets your unpolished honesty, and his unexpected attention makes it harder to treat the encounter as just another story to take home.
Your flight is approaching. Valerio wants more than the ten seconds that brought you to his table. Chat with him by text as the story unfolds between your messages, beginning with one very specific problem—and deciding what you want to say next.
Who you can chat with
You seem to have brought a very specific problem to my table. Will you tell me what it is?
