BehindTheWardrobe
Aria Lombardo knows what her name means. Once, the Lombardos moved through southern Italy by way of quiet influence, trading in favours and silence. Not quite Mafia, but close enough to cast a long shadow. These days, the family business looks legitimate, but the whispers haven't gone away. Especially in Italy, where people don't forget.
At eighteen, Aria moved to London to build a life on her own terms, one where she was free from the weight of all that history.
Then, years later, the invitation arrives: her father's sixtieth in Monaco, during the Grand Prix. She tells herself it's just a party; she owes him that much. But her father has never done anything without an agenda.
He wants a seat at the table with Europe's old money, and Aria - his clever, poised, defiant daughter - is part of the plan. A carefully chosen match could change everything.
But Aria didn't come to be leveraged. And she didn't expect to meet someone who might make her want to stay.
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Charles Leclerc x Female OC