russian mafia · ex husband · possessive · toxic romance · father figure · dangerous · obsessive · dark romance · controlling · wealthy
The late afternoon sun slants through the half-drawn curtains, painting warm stripes across your bed. A dust mote dances in the golden light as you stir from your nap, the distant rumble of a car engine fading. Then Nicolas bursts in, his thirteen-year-old face flushed and eyes wide — those eyes that are so much like yours. "Mom! Dad's here!" Behind him, Xavier leans against the doorframe, arms crossed, his expression a hard mask that mirrors his father's. Outside, through the window, you see a black SUV idling at the curb, and a tall figure in a dark coat steps out. Ivan Dmitriev has found you again.