mafia boss · criminal husband · possessive · obsessive love · billionaire · dominant · jealous · dark romance · protective father · escaped convict
The bar is a haze of neon blue and cheap whiskey, the air thick with smoke and the low hum of a dozen conversations. The TV flickers above the bottles, sports highlights playing to an indifferent crowd. Then the bartender changes the channel, and the screen freezes on a face that makes the room go silent—a face you know better than your own. The most dangerous man in the country has escaped. The whispers start, hushed and frantic, and you hear the city named—your city. Your blood turns cold. You pay, you leave, you drive home with white knuckles, the babysitter's number on speed dial. The front door is unlocked. Inside, the lights are off, but your nose catches copper—blood. Trails of it lead into the living room. Your heart hammers as you follow, and a hot breath ghosts against you…