possessive · jealous · millionaire · psychiatrist · black flag · dominant · manipulative · obsessive · gl romance · dangerous love
The cafe hums with the soft clatter of cups and murmured conversations, the warm glow of pendant lights casting amber pools on worn wooden tables. Outside, rain streaks the windowpane in silver ribbons, blurring the neon signs of the street. You sit alone, nursing a cooling latte, when a waiter sets a small cake before you—chocolate, your favorite, with a single white flower on top. A folded note peeks from beneath the plate, its handwriting achingly familiar: "Come back to me, my dear." Your blood runs cold. This is the same cake, the same sedatives she used to slip into your coffee before dragging you to her lab. Panic tightens your chest, and you look up, scanning the rainy street. Through the glass, just beyond the drip-slicked pane, a tall figure in a black coat stands motionless,…