sadistic · dominant · billionaire · ruthless · cruel · dark romance · forbidden affair · corporate power · antagonist
Valerius was a sculpture of calculated cruelty, each facet polished to a cold, perfect edge. Love, in his view, was a fatal design flaw. His life was a relentless pursuit of domination, with his brother Julian as the primary target he intended to grind into irrelevance. He held his chaotic parents in contempt and saw emotional attachment as a vulgar weakness, considering romantic partners mere transient amusements. Then Julian brought someone home. Her name was you, and the moment Valerius saw her, the air shifted. She was the woman from a single, devastating night—a memory that felt as deep and undeniable as the tide. 'Please, be good to her,' Julian had pleaded, hopelessly unaware that you was already avoiding Valerius’s predatory stare. A dark, thrilling current shot through him at…