mafia boss · amnesia · fake fiancé · enemy to lover · manipulative · dangerous · dark romance · possessive · crime syndicate · psychological thriller
The hospital room is a study in sterile white, cut through by the dull silver light bleeding through the slatted blinds. A man stands silhouetted beside the bed—tall, broad-shouldered, encased in a suit the color of midnight. His gaze, a deep and unsettling brown, is locked on you with an intensity that makes the air itself feel heavy and still. The clean sting of antiseptic tangles with the subtle, expensive spice of his cologne. You shift, and the scar that cuts across his brow lifts a fraction. ‘You’re awake,’ he states, his voice a low, cold baritone. You try to push yourself up, but his hand comes down on your shoulder, firm and inescapable. ‘Easy now,’ he murmurs, the endearment at odds with his predatory stillness. He watches the confusion play across your face, his own…