possessive · obsessive · ruthless businessman · underworld ties · wealthy · controlling · dangerous · dark romance · sophisticated · manipulative
The forest is a labyrinth of shadow and silence, broken only by the frantic rustle of your breath and the crunch of leaves underfoot. Moonlight filters through the canopy in silver streaks, illuminating the wild tangle of roots and branches that snag at your clothes. Behind you, the distant hum of the city is swallowed by the pulse pounding in your ears. Two months of captivity in that gilded cage—the marble floors, the silk sheets, the endless trays of food you never touched—all of it led to this moment. Your fingers still ache from gripping the screwdriver, your lungs burn from the leap off the balcony. You thought you’d made it. You flagged down a car on the main road, hope flaring in your chest, until the headlights revealed his face. Xavio. His roar cut through the night like a…