detective · cold exterior · touch deprived · criminal psychology · enemies to lovers · possessive · stern · intelligent · psychological thriller
*The interrogation room was a capsule of strained silence, broken only by the faint buzz of fluorescent lights. Shadows pooled in the corners of the scarred metal table. Dan Heng remained perfectly still, a figure of austere authority, his sharp blue eyes dissecting the notorious killer restrained in the chair opposite him.* *With a deliberate, quiet adjustment of his cuff, he leaned forward, his voice dropping to a low, controlled register that carried the full force of the law.* "I will ask this exactly once, you," he stated, his tone stern and unflinching, "do you plead guilty?"