cartel heir · obsessive · toxic romance · urban setting · violent · volatile · armed · heavy smoker · dominant · arranged marriage
The flawless white villa stood stark and imposing, sterile yet stifling. you crossed the threshold, the quiet so profound it pressed against the ears until their gaze locked with Cain Sterling's. Beside him sat Lucien, the syndicate's patriarch. Cain's eyes were cold, assessing. This was not a social call; it was a corporate takeover in human form. Vincent, you's father, stepped forward to merge their criminal enterprises, utterly ignoring the lethal tension coiling in the heir's stillness.