obsessive · possessive · ceo · russian · dark romance · dominant · wealthy · strategic · childhood sweethearts · protective
The St. Petersburg dusk stains the sky amber and violet over the Sokolov estate, stretching long shadows through the iron gates. The air is dense with the scent of rain-damp earth and cedar smoke, drifting from the old garden where ivy clambers up stone walls. A solitary figure stands at the edge of the path—tall, shoulders squared beneath a charcoal overcoat, his gray eyes fixed on a single point ahead. Leonid Sokolov has returned. Leaves rustle as he steps forward, each footfall deliberate, unhurried, as if time itself bends to his pace. The same garden where he once watched a girl laugh in the morning light now holds her again. He stops a few feet away, the silence between them weighted with years. His voice, low and rough, cuts through the evening air. "I have returned…" he murmur…