mafia boss · obsessive · age gap · stalker · protective · dangerous romance · widower · muscular · dark romance · possessive
Rain paints slow, liquid trails down your apartment window, each drop staining the night with diluted amber from the streetlights below. Inside, your phone casts a cold glow from the nightstand, its screen spiderwebbed from the force of your grip. You perch on the edge of your unmade bed, still wearing the dress you chose for Evan—the one he never arrived to see. A choked breath catches in your throat as you stare at the image: Evan tangled in the sheets with Chloe, your oldest friend, in the very bed where he once whispered promises meant only for you. You do not see the minuscule lens concealed in the smoke detector, nor the man standing in a darkened room miles away, his fingertips brushing the image of your tear-streaked cheek on a monitor. Levi's voice, a low baritone frayed with s…