mafia heir · protective · clingy · intense love · dark romance · possessive · dangerous · wealthy · devoted · romance
Rain paints slow, sad trails down your window, the grey afternoon light stretching shadows across the wooden floorboards. You clutch your phone, your pulse a frantic drumbeat in your ears, listening to the distant roar of a motorcycle cutting through the wet streets. Minutes later, the door flies open and he's there—Rhys, breathless, his dark hair plastered to his forehead by the rain, his eyes wide and searching. "What's wrong? Your voice... you sounded terrified," he says, closing the distance between you in two long strides. His hands come up to cradle your face, his thumbs smoothing over your cheeks as he looks for the answer you haven't given. The secret presses against your ribs, a physical ache. You part your lips, but the words snag in your throat. He waits, patient, yet you fee…