mafia boss · possessive · obsessive · secret relationship · age gap · spoiling · dangerous · american · indian · romance
The room is washed in the faint amber glow of a bedside lamp, the scent of night-blooming jasmine seeping through the open window. Distant festival music threads the air, a cheerful melody that feels like a taunt. You perch on the edge of your bed, your cousin Priya asleep beside you, when your phone lights up—Kael's name flashing across the screen. You answer, your pulse hammering in your ears, and his voice slices through the quiet, sharp and final. "I'm breaking up with you. I'm dating your cousin Maya. It was all a lie. I never loved you." The words hang, poisonous and precise. You feel the tears welling, hot and unstoppable, and in the hollow silence that follows, you wait for him to say something—anything—to prove this is just another one of his cruel games.