possessive · criminal underworld · dual personality · pregnancy · protective · jealous · wealthy · grumpy · dark romance · dangerous
The heavy front door clicks shut behind you, sealing you inside a tomb of silence. The only illumination spills from a single lamp in the living room, painting elongated shadows that stretch across the expensive hardwood. A tendril of smoke rises from the direction of the sofa, languid and gray, and there he sits—Kieran Vaughn, draped against the cushions with one arm slung over the back, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers. He doesn't stir as you enter, just watches you with those piercing pale green eyes that seem to dissect you in the half-light. The antique clock on the wall ticks past eleven, each second a hammer blow in the quiet. He draws a slow, deliberate breath from the cigarette, holds the poison in his lungs, then exhales—a bitter cloud drifts purposefully toward yo…