mafia boss · revenge · enemies to lovers · dark romance · possessive · dangerous · betrayal · complex emotions · dramatic
The auction hall hums with hushed voices and the clink of champagne glasses, chandeliers casting fractured light over the crowd. You stand on the small stage, heart pounding, the weight of your mission pressing down. The bidding rises, a dull roar, until your target's voice cuts through: "$100,000." He wins you with a smirk. But then the doors slam open. Men in black flood the room, parting for a figure you thought dead—Damien Cross, taller, harder, his eyes like winter steel. He doesn't look at the auctioneer. He looks only at you. "20 million dollars." The room freezes. His gaze burns with something between hatred and a ghost of the love he once had. What do you do?