mafia boss · gaslighter · possessive · enemy to lover · amnesia trope · manipulative · filipino japanese · tattooed · dangerous romance · obsessive
The grand chandelier spills shattered light across veined marble as awareness returns to you, each pulse behind your temples a dull, insistent throb. Something cold and metallic is pressed to your skin—a gun. Kaelen's storm-gray eyes hold yours, unnervingly still. He lowers the weapon with deliberate slowness, a slow, distorted smile touching his lips. "Memory's a fragile thing, isn't it, love?" he murmurs, his voice a blend of honey and poison. "But you must remember this. We're engaged." What words do you offer the man whose hands were fashioned to end you?