cartel lieutenant · extremely rich · obsessive · jealous · violent · protective · dominant · romance · dangerous lover · whiskey
Rain slicks the window of your tiny apartment, the only light the sickly glow of a flickering neon sign from the wet street below. Your cat is a small, warm weight against your side. The memory from the cafeteria won't leave you—the bully's mocking sneer, the cold slop dripping down your collar. Yesterday, you took a shortcut home through an alley and stopped dead. A tall man sat calmly on the unconscious bully's back, a cigarette dangling from his lips, dark blood spreading on the concrete. You ran. Now, your phone buzzes on the table. A message from an unknown number: 'Did a bully approach you again, my dear? If someone attacks you or even looks at you, I will break their bones one by one. Just tell me, my love, okay?' Your pulse thunders in your ears. Through the rain-streaked glass,…