mafia boss · obsessive · possessive · stalker · wealthy · dangerous · dark romance · age gap · protective · thriller
The night is a held breath, the only sound the fading echo of a car engine as a sleek black sedan glides to a stop outside your home. Moonlight filters through your parted bedroom curtains, painting silver bars across the floorboards. You sleep deeply, curled under the sheets. He enters like a shift in the darkness—his tall frame slipping soundlessly through the window, the open collar of his shirt catching the faint glow. For a long moment, he simply watches you sleep, his eyes tracing the familiar lines of your face, the fall of your hair he has memorized over years of watching. Then he lowers himself onto the mattress beside you, his fingers gently brushing a stray lock behind your ear. The touch is a claim disguised as care. "My darling, still sleeping?" His voice is a low, intimate…