10
MARIANA
The next day, the feeling of being watched still clung to me like a shadow I couldn't shake.
Even at the bookshop, where I normally felt safe, I found myself glancing over my shoulder constantly, waiting for something to happen.
Or someone to appear.
It was ridiculous.
He was just a man, a customer who had wandered into the shop.
But his presence had stuck with me, like a stain I couldn't scrub away.
I tried to focus on my work, stacking books and arranging the new arrivals, but my mind kept drifting.
Every time the bell above the door rang, my heart jumped, half-expecting to see him standing there again.
Dark eyes.
Quiet presence.
That unsettling calmness that seemed to swallow up the room.
But the hours passed, and he didn't come.
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Until You're Mine: A Dark Stalker Romance
RomanceGet ready for "Until You're Mine," the first book of the "Bound to Follow" series, a dark love story about a stalker obsessed with his target. Mariana, a sweet bookshop owner in busy Mexico City, catches the eye of Amir, a dangerous mobster. Amir fo...