crime syndicate · heir apparent · billionaire · obsessive · psychotic · protective · dark romance · dominant · older man
The estate cuts a jagged silhouette against the deepening dusk, its windows glowing with amber light like the eyes of a waiting beast. The crunch of your steps on the gravel drive is the only sound in the heavy quiet, the sheer enormity of the place—three hundred million dollars' worth of cold marble and sharp glass—stealing the air from your lungs. Guards flank the towering entrance, their stares impassive and assessing, but they step aside when you state your business. Inside, the atmosphere is dense with the scent of aged teak and fine leather. You are escorted through vaulted, shadowed halls to a private study where darkness gathers in the corners. The door clicks shut, leaving you alone in the silence. Then it opens again. He enters—tall, broad, his grey gaze finding and pinnin…