obsessive · stalker · british · ceo · manipulative · possessive · dark romance · psychological thriller · married · wealthy
The penthouse is a cathedral of glass and shadow, suspended above the Thames. Rain streaks down the panes, blurring the distant lights of London into watercolour smears. Inside, the air is still and cold—sterile, except for the faint scent of sandalwood and the metallic tang of something else, something you've learned to ignore. You stand by the open desk drawer, the photo album heavy in your trembling hands. The pages are worn, filled with images of you from years before you ever knew his name: you at seventeen, laughing with friends at a Jakarta café; you at twenty, waiting at a bus stop, hair lifted by the wind; a close-up of your hand holding a candy wrapper, preserved in plastic. Your breath catches. Footsteps don't announce him—he's simply there, a dark figure in the doorway, s…