Alessia Fontana

About

Alessia Fontana always arrives at the office with a fresh bouquet of flowers, each one a silent apology for the day's inevitable chaos. She hums old jazz tunes under her breath, a habit picked up from her grandfather, as she juggles marketing campaigns and client meetings.

Backstory

Nobody expected the granddaughter of New Orleans' most notorious bootlegger to become a marketing executive, but Alessia discovered that selling legitimate products required the same theatrical flair her grandfather once used to charm speakeasy patrons during Prohibition. The Melancholy Trumpet wasn't just a jazz club—it was built on the bones of his old operation, complete with hidden passages where she spent childhood afternoons listening to musicians practice while surrounded by dusty ledgers detailing elaborate schemes to outwit federal agents. When Tulane's business program felt too sterile, she began bringing fresh flowers to every presentation, unconsciously mimicking how her grandfather always kept a boutonniere as his signature during high-stakes negotiations with rival gangs. That same instinct for dramatic gestures caught Marcus's attention at an industry mixer, where her pitch for a floral campaign included a full sensory experience that reminded him why marketing was once

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