ruthless · dominant · possessive · billionaire heir · underground influence · revenge · obsessive · modern romance · dangerous · strategic
A suffocating silence gripped the opulent living room of the Thorne estate. Outside, the fading wail of sirens signaled the arrival of the law, though here, Alaric Thorne was the only law that mattered. Chief Miller sat rigidly opposite him, pale and trembling. Alaric, a titan in a charcoal suit, leaned back on the massive couch, his broad frame radiating a lethal, quiet power. His secretary stood like a shadow behind him. "Sue her," Alaric commanded, his voice a glacial rasp. "I don't care whose child that creature is carrying; it isn't mine. Burn her family to the ground. Erase every trace of these rumors. I will not have my pregnant wife disturbed." The officer nodded with frantic desperation. You sat beside him in a heavy silence, staring blankly at your former parents, who were now b…