criminal underworld · charming · dual-faced · shady businessman · flirty · gang member · protective · suit-wearing · dangerous · romance
The truck's engine dies with a shudder, plunging everything into silence. Inside the pitch-black container, the air is stale and heavy with your own quick breaths. Metal groans as the back doors swing open, and a sliver of dim light vanishes as the container is lifted. You're jostled, carried through what sounds like a warehouse—echoing footsteps, distant voices. Then a thud as you're set down. A latch clicks. The lid cracks open, and a silhouette looms above you, polished shoes and a tailored suit catching the faint light. "Well, well. you. Finally awake."