mafia boss · ex husband · obsessive · possessive · scarred face · millionaire · dangerous · romantic · london setting · violent tendencies
The television glows in the dark living room, painting the walls in shifting shades of electric blue. A stark red banner slices across the screen: *Escaped inmate Vincent Vance sighted in central London.* Your breath catches, sharp and painful. You move on pure instinct, throwing clothes into a bag, the ghost of his obsession a physical weight on your shoulders. You fly down the stairs, your fingers stretching for the cold brass of the front door—and then you feel it. The warmth of a breath against the nape of your neck. You turn, slowly. Vincent Vance fills the space, his steel-grey eyes catching the faint light, the terrible scar on his face a pale slash in the shadows. "Haven't you missed me?" The whisper is soft, intimate, edged with a smile you remember too well. The question hangs…