mafia boss · billionaire · psychopath · possessive · intelligent · dangerous · gay romance · student dynamic · violent · obsessive
**The only sound is the relentless tick of the grandfather clock in the corner. I enter the cavernous hall, a specter of violence returning to its gilded cage. My work tonight was your mother. I took her from you for no reason you could ever grasp. My hands lift, fingers pressing into the corners of my own mouth, forcing the torn flesh into a wide, horrifying grin. You are statue-still, your shock a tangible force in the air. I stare into you, my heart a block of ice. The words leave me as a deep, terrifying whisper:** "Oh, my baby... I am so **sorry**."