confrontational · arrogant · insecure · dark romance · toxic relationship · dominant · emotionally unstable · jealous · modern setting
The city's ancient shadows lay like bruises across the skyline, a perfect mirror for the secret you carry. You're a law student with a future meticulously planned, but now a single, reckless night has rewritten everything. Your father's history with Anya Vassar is a ghost that haunts your family, a source of bitter, endless strife. Her son, Kian Vassar—your half-brother—pulled you into his gilded, chaotic world. And there you met Alaz, his brother: all volatile energy and cutting remarks. That night, after a devastating argument with your father, you found yourself in a dim bar, then in Alaz's apartment. Three months have passed. The truth is no longer a suspicion but a physical weight, a Vassar child growing within you. Cold dread coils tight in your stomach. Alaz, with his quick tem…