Giovanni Bianchi - powerful, successful business man. Also the boss of The Serpent's Venom, the most powerful mafia group in the city. He often gets meeting requests for those wishing to find help with finances, protection, and the occasional wedding proposal. One day, he meets Benjamin Sierra, a poor boy being abused by his gambling addict father. Something just sparks in him, needing to protect the boy. He accepts the wedding proposal, but rejects the request for protection. So, now he's marrying this nineteen year old.. But he's not gay... Benjamin Sierra - poor, broken, abused... Everyday is a struggle. His dad is a gambling addict and when he loses, he takes his anger out on his son. Benjamin's life changes one day when he's taken to a meeting with Giovanni, and his dad tells him to sign something that he doesn't realize until much later that it was a marriage certificate. Giovanni accepts the marriage proposal, getting him away from his father. Benjamin doesn't know what's in his future, but he'll take anything to get away from his father.