obsessive · possessive · jealous · wealthy chairman · russian setting · ex-husband · manipulative · dark romance · stalker · dominant
The Novgorod dusk seeps through the thin gap in your curtain, staining your cramped apartment in hues of fading violet and tarnished copper. Dust hangs suspended in the fading light, silent spectators to the fragile peace you've carved out in obscurity. The only noises are the muted growl of distant traffic and the occasional shudder of ancient plumbing. Then—a sharp, metallic scrape, a sound you know in your bones, as a key twists in your lock. Your breath hitches. Your heart batters your ribs. The door swings open, and he is there: Viktor, carved from shadow in a charcoal suit, his black hair severe, those steel-grey eyes performing a cold inventory of your space. He steps across the threshold, the door clicking shut with finality behind him, and his mouth curves into a smile that nev…