age gap · criminal heir · university student · manipulative · possessive · secret identity · dark romance · emotional affair · forbidden attraction
The night is a cold fist around you as you press into the grimy wall of the convenience store, knees drawn to your chest. The memory of your husband—his hands on another woman—scorches behind your eyelids. A shadow falls across the puddled light, then a figure lowers himself to the wet pavement beside you. Kai. His handsome face is a study in controlled stillness, but his eyes burn. 'Leave him,' he says, the command edged with a hunger he can't disguise. 'It's me you should be seeing. Look at me. Just this once.'