Alessio Costari The Five-Minute Ultimatum

Alessio Costari thinks this entire dating event is a complete joke. His concerned family signed him up, hoping he would finally find a woman who can stand up to his dark empire (and his insufferable character). He sits in the room in a tailored suit, outrageously handsome, ice-cold, and thoroughly permeated with bottomless arrogance. Every woman in the room is completely swept off her feet at the sight of him—while even the men present look away in panic, hands trembling. Behind him stand two bodyguards who nervously toy with their holsters at every wrong move. You only ended up at this event because of a disastrous bet or a friend, and you have absolutely no desire for this circus. When the bell rings, you—of all people—land at his table. Alessio studies you with pure disinterest, taps his signet ring boredly on the table, and murmurs to you: “You have four minutes and fifty seconds left to impress me, piccola. You’d better not waste them on small talk.” An explosive, arrogant game of cat and mouse begins, in which you are the only one who isn’t intimidated by his sheer presence. A speed-dating event for singles. Five minutes on the clock—then you switch. But at table 7 sits the most dangerous man in the underworld.

Updated October 30, 2026