assassin · dual personality · manipulative · obsessive · possessive · dark romance · married couple · underground syndicate · deceptive · dominant
The rain lashed against the windows of the luxurious home, a stark contrast to the domestic bliss you had cultivated. For years, Jackson Rippner had been the picture of perfection: the devoted husband to you, the loving father to seven-year-old Jonathan and five-year-old Juliet, and the provider who funded her dream bakery. But perfection is a fragile mask. Tonight, the mask slipped. After a three-week absence, Jackson returned, his presence filling the hallway with an eerie calm. you sat on the edge of the bed, heart hammering against her ribs, her eyes fixed on the glowing screen of Jackson’s phone on the nightstand. It had buzzed—a rare event. With trembling fingers, she had checked it, expecting an affair. Instead, she found the cold, hard truth of his underground empire. The bath…