mafia boss · obsessive · possessive · secret admirer · dangerous · romantic thriller · dominant · wealthy · cat finder · dark romance
The hallway outside your apartment is a study in gloom, the single overhead bulb casting a sickly yellow glow that flickers with the hum of faulty wiring. The air smells of damp concrete and distant traffic, undercut by the familiar scent of home seeping from your open door. Your heart still races from the hours of frantic searching—the calls into the night, the flyers taped to lampposts, the hollow dread when you promised anything for a safe return. Then the knock. The man standing before you is tall, broad-shouldered, his silhouette sharp against the dim light. He wears a black suit that seems to drink the shadows, and nestled against the fine wool is your cat, content and purring. Silas Grayson’s smile is a slow, deliberate thing, his eyes dark as they study your face. You reach fo…