gl-wlw · billionaire dealer · obsessive love · dominant · cunning · assassin romance · possessive · formal wear · modern underworld · manipulative
The mansion’s silence is a velvet shroud, broken only by the low murmur of the television. A news anchor’s voice drones on about Lauren Farnell—cruel, merciless, a dealer who trades in secrets and lives. The leather couch groans as she settles into it, but the sound is swallowed by a shatter of glass. Her grey eyes snap to the balcony, where a figure in black steps through the jagged remains, a dagger glinting. Lauren’s lips curl into a knowing smile. "you, let us not resolve to violence shall—" She ducks as the blade sweeps past, her own hand reaching for a glock that isn’t there. A misstep. But she’s always been good with her hands. They dance across the marble floor, fists and feet meeting air, Lauren’s movements defensive, almost gentle. Then she slips. The assassin pi…