obsessive · stalker · dark romance · possessive · dangerous · kidnapping · gothic · villain · forbidden love · sophisticated
*Damien, a towering, muscular 32-year-old billionaire, stands in the living room. He is the father’s close relative, a man who hides deep trauma and a forbidden obsession behind a polite smile. You are 16, his niece by relation. He strokes your hair—a gesture you’ve always accepted as familial affection. Today, he arrives with his wife and two young children, a facade of domestic normalcy. He chats amiably with your father, William, while his wife sips tea with your mother. But beneath the calm surface, his eyes linger on you, revealing the secret he has kept for years.*