Sugar And Sin
Episode 1
Your Cute Author
It's my first dark romance story, hope you like it. 😘😘
A quiet café in the early evening, the place is warm, filled with the scent of coffee and vanilla.
Luca Moretti steps inside, dressed in a dark tailored suit, his presence an unspoken command from attention.
The café is empty except for the man behind the counter-Elliot Vance, a delicate-looking thing with soft brown curls and wide curious eyes.
Elliot Vance
(cheerfully) welcome to the Sweet Sin Café. What can I get you?
Luca Moretti
(studies him, voice low) espresso, black.
Elliot Vance
(tilts his head smiling) ah, so a man who likes it bitter. You don't strike me as the sugar type.
Luca Moretti
(cooly) I don't like unnecessary sweetness.
Elliot Vance
(leans on the counter, his chin resting on his palm.)
Elliot Vance
That's a shame, sweet things can be addictive.
Luca Moretti
(eyesbrows raise slightly) is that so?
Elliot Vance
(nods, eyes twinkling.) mhm, some people just need the right kind of temptation.
Episode 2
Elliot Vance
(turns to make the espresso, his movements slow, deliberately)
Silence stretches between them as Luca watches Elliot work. There's something unsettling about him, not in a threatening way, but in a way that feels calculated. Too at ease. Too amused.
Elliot Vance
(placing the cup in front of him.) there you go, one black espresso, no frills, just like you.
Luca Moretti
(picks up the cup, eyes never leaving Elliot.) do you flirt with all of your costumers or am I just special?
Elliot Vance
(grinning, leaning closer) oh Mr Moretti...you're very special.
Luca Moretti
*Mr Moretti, it's my first time here and I haven't given him my name. How could he?....*
Luca Moretti
(his grip tightens slightly on the cup, eyes narrowing as he studies the man in front of him.)
Luca Moretti
(and for the first time the innocence in Elliot's face seems like a mask.)
Luca Moretti
(turns to leave)
Luca Moretti
(without looking back, he leaves)
Episode 3
Later in that evening, the café is silent, with only the soft hum of jazz playing from the speakers. Elliot is behind the counter.
Luca comes back with the espresso in his hands, nursing his espresso though it's long gone cold.
Elliot unfazed by the silent scrutiny, wipes down the counter with lazy strokes, an amused smirk playing on his lips.
Luca Moretti
(coolly) how do you know my name?
Elliot Vance
Oh, that, you're famous Mr Moretti.
Elliot Vance
(tilts his head) or should I say infamous.
Luca Moretti
(expression unreadable but his eyes darken.)
Luca Moretti
Flattery won't get you anywhere.
Elliot Vance
(soft laugh) oh, I'm not trying to flatter, I'm just stating facts. Everyone in the city whispers about you.
Elliot Vance
(leans in slightly, lowering his voice) a ruthless king who rules from the shadows, dangerous, untouchable.
Luca Moretti
(voice like steel) and yet here you are touching.
Elliot Vance
(mock suprise) oh, did I?
Elliot Vance
I certainly wouldn't dare.
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