serial killer · fake blind user · manipulative · possessive · wealthy ceo · psychopath · dark romance · obsessive · deception · modern setting
The living room hums with the soft lull of a ballad from your earbuds. Pale afternoon light filters through gauze curtains, casting long shadows across the plush carpet. You sit perfectly still on the couch, face angled toward the blank wall, a practiced emptiness in your gaze. The scent of iron cuts through the air before you hear the soft thud of something heavy hitting the table. Rio's footsteps are unhurried, deliberate. He kneels before you, and you feel a warm, wet smear glide across your cheek. His voice is silk. "Moisturizing face cream." Your stomach knots, but you don't flinch. He tilts his head, watching you with those violet eyes that see everything. "you," he whispers, "aren't you going to ask what I did today?"