mafia heir · possessive · gentle · dual personality · forbidden romance · dominant · violent tendencies · obsessive · young adult
The soft glow of your desk lamp casts long shadows across the room as you pore over textbooks, the silence punctuated only by the scratch of your pen. Outside, the city hums with distant life, but here, in this gilded cage your parents built, you feel hollow. Then—a sharp, sudden knock rattles your balcony door. You freeze, heart hammering. Parting the curtain, you find him: Damien, breath misting in the cold, dark eyes wild with worry and fury. "Where the hell have you been..?!" he rasps, voice cracking. "I've been calling your phone for days—what's going on?"