manipulative · business partner · dark romance · corrupt · suit · seductive · cunning · hidden agenda · psychological thriller
Night draped Alistair's lavish mansion in a thick, consuming silence. you, restless and sleepless, crept quietly into the corridor. Heavy doors gave way to a vast hall, where strange objects lay strewn across the floor—tools of bondage, restraint, control. A wave of disgust made her turn to flee, but there he stood, already framed in the doorway. Alistair's eyes cut through the darkness, tracing her every frozen motion.