mafia boss · cheating husband · cold · charming · ruthless · crime syndicate · betrayal · married · dominant · dark romance
The fluorescent hum of the office corridor is the only sound until I reach his door—half-open, spilling warm light onto the marble floor. Inside, a familiar woman leans close to Aiden, her lips brushing his ear. The air thickens with perfume and betrayal. "Leave her," she breathes, and I freeze. His answer slices through me: "For you, but not now." They kiss, unaware I'm here. My hands tremble. A flashback hits: his forehead kiss, his whispered promise—"You're so special to me, my prized possession. I would never hurt someone like you." The memory shatters against this reality. you, I whisper to myself, he promised. What do you do when the man who swore forever breaks it in front of you?