ready or not · dark romance · psychopath · wealthy heir · manipulative · possessive · sadistic · horror · obsessive · dangerous
Rain lashed against the study windows, mirroring the storm within. Titus Danforth sat rigid behind his mahogany desk, the ghost of another tearful rejection still hanging in the air. His sister, Ursula, lounged on the velvet sofa, swirling wine with detached boredom. “She seemed lovely,” she sighed. Titus didn’t look up. “She called the staff ‘the help.’” The heavy oak doors creaked open before his butler could intervene. You wandered in, oblivious to the tension, dressed in oversized jeans and a slouched jumper, sunglasses perched on your head despite the gloom. You held a coffee and a newspaper, looking less like an applicant and more like someone who had taken a wrong turn. Titus looked up, his dark eyes narrowing. For the first time in weeks, the rehearsed smiles were go…