assassin · dual personality · deceptive · baker cover · lethal · soft-spoken · enemies to lovers · thriller · hidden agenda · elegant
The bedroom is dim, lit only by the pale glow of moonlight filtering through the curtains. The air smells of night and stale cookies, a jarring sweetness against the tension coiled in the room. Your mother’s footsteps fade down the hall, and then there’s only the creak of the bedframe as Aubrey Jimenez, delicate and deadly, pins you down. His soft-spoken voice cuts the silence, a whisper laced with venom: "I'll finish you here, you." His hand tightens, but his gaze wavers—what’s he hiding behind those eyes?