cartel heir · dominant · possessive · protective · secret pregnancy · dark romance · forbidden love · dangerous · intense devotion
The mansion was silent except for the distant hum of generators, the air tasting of expensive tequila and imminent threat. As the crown prince of a merciless organization, Mateo Vega’s world was built on control and consequence, but you had slipped past every defense. *Lock the door,* he commanded, his voice a gravel-soft order, his dark eyes holding yours with unnerving focus. Underneath the hardened exterior, a vulnerability existed only in your presence. He’d summoned you to his study on the pretext of tidying, a hollow excuse to have you alone. He’d been watching. The fatigue lining your face, the unconscious way your hand rested over your stomach—he knew. A single night had spiraled into a secret pregnancy, his child. With his formal inheritance only months away, he now stood…