Normally, when you find a man alone in a cell in the deepest parts of the castle, you leave and don't look back. This is especially true when the man is a known criminal and incredibly dangerous. So why does Adren keep going back? This is a bxb story and there is an age difference. Don't read if you're not comfortable.

Beneath His Touch' A dark mafia romance by Ibru Trisha Liam Romero is a young man who has always craved attention-longing for love ,by doing what he thought is right . Now, he survives on medication, haunted by a past he's desperate to forget. Everyone left him. And just when he thought things couldn't get worse, he's disowned by the very man he believed loved him-his father-all because of one failed mission. Enzo Moretti is a man of silence and steel, Alexander Volkov's most trusted enforcer. Cold, calculated, and merciless, he's known for never missing a target. But when he's ordered to kill Liam-the broken boy whose pain clings to him like a second skin-something inside Enzo begins to shift. One panic attack. That's all it takes to fracture the walls Enzo spent years building. Suddenly, the man who was supposed to end Liam's life finds himself protecting it. Tension simmers. Emotions ignite. And in a world ruled by power, blood, and betrayal, both men are forced to face the one thing they fear most-what lies beneath their touch.

All Lu Xingchi wanted after transmigrating into a melodramatic web novel was to live the ultimate "salt-fish" life-lazy, low-profile, and completely irrelevant to the plot. His survival plan as a nameless intern was simple: stay out of trouble and mind his own business. The only problem? He was bound to a high-tech "Melon-Eating System" that constantly fed his brain with the juiciest, most scandalous secrets of the high-society elite around him. But the ultimate system glitch? It completely forgot to warn him that his boss-Xie Cangqiong, the infamously cold, ruthless, and terrifying billionaire CEO-could hear every single one of his thoughts. While Lu Xingchi was busy broadcasting chaotic rants, biting sarcasm, and highly descriptive commentary about how ridiculously attractive his boss was, Xie Cangqiong was listening to every single word. "Xingchi, your mind is exceptionally noisy today," Xie Cangqiong whispered, trapping the trembling intern against his executive desk. "And according to what you just thought... you want me to skip the lunch meeting and do *that* in my office instead?" Lu Xingchi: [SYSTEM!!! HELP!!! The internship manual never prepared me for a boss who can read my mind!] The peaceful intern life is officially over. Welcome to a corporate world of massive scandals, dangerous secrets, and a shockingly shameless CEO who refuses to let his little "melon-eater" go!

When cold-hearted CEO Leonardo Blackwell's only light is his five-year-old son, he never expects a chance encounter at the mall to change everything. Max, still heartbroken over his mother's sudden departure, finds comfort in a soft-spoken stranger-Emery Vale, a beautiful young man who looks eerily like the woman who left them. Desperate to soothe his son, Leo tracks Emery down and offers him a job as Max's live-in nanny. Emery, battling his own struggles and a life-threatening illness, reluctantly accepts-unaware that this decision will entangle him in a world of secrets, luxury, and dangerously growing feelings. But as Leo's cold walls begin to melt under Emery's gentle touch, old flames reignite-Vanessa, the ex-wife who once used him, returns to claim what was never hers. With public scandal, emotional wounds, and a viral photo that threatens to unravel it all, Leo must decide: will he fight for the man who taught him how to feel again, or lose him to the chaos?

Alek Rivers (23): Tall, masculine, devastatingly handsome. A final-year business student from a billionaire family. Next in line to inherit the Rivers empire. Confident, flirtatious, and popular-he's dated both girls and boys for fun but never taken anyone seriously. Used to getting what he wants... until he meets him. Eliot Reyes (18): A soft-spoken, graceful fresher. Comes from a modest middle-class background. Smart and careful-just wants to survive college drama. He's feminine, introverted, and has a rare condition: he was born intersex and has a functional womb. It's a secret he guards with his life.

He was the family's deepest shame. Now he's the heir's greatest obsession. Born from an affair and scorned by the prestigious Lopez family, Kyle Lopez is beautiful, quiet, and utterly alone. As an intersex teen with a soft heart and delicate features, Kyle survives in a mansion that treats him like a stain. Bullied by his sister, ignored by his father, and despised by his stepmother, he finds solace only in the quiet company of Logan Gonzalez, the playful heir of a rival empire. But everything changes when Elijah Gonzalez-Logan's older brother, powerful and cold as ice-announces at a formal family dinner that he intends to marry Kyle... shocking everyone. As enemies rise and a secret stalker draws closer, Kyle is swept into a dangerous world of power, possession, and forbidden love. What begins as a strategic alliance quickly burns into something far more intense-and far more dangerous. Because Elijah isn't just here to protect him. He's here to own him. [MxB] Mpreg

Aleksander Volkov (29) is a self-made billionaire with a mysterious past, running a powerful media-tech empire. Though the world sees him as cold, distant, and perfect, behind closed doors, he's isolated, touch-starved, and bored of the luxury life. Daniel Cruz (17), a final-year high school student, is bright, witty, emotionally mature, and breathtakingly beautiful in a soft, ethereal way. He's openly gay, supported by his easygoing parents who adore him, even if they don't fully understand him. Their lives collide when Daniel is accepted into an elite youth art mentorship run by Aleksander's foundation. A spark ignites instantly-but both know the age difference, power imbalance, and looming judgment make things complicated.

A marriage built on power. A love never given.

Art Finkle is a broke college dropout making espresso for people who don't know his name. Oscar Paris is the ruthless billionaire CEO who owns half the city. When Art accidentally ruins Oscar's bespoke suit, he expects to be fired. He doesn't expect a car at his curb the next morning. What starts as an impossible opportunity quickly becomes something neither of them can explain, or even walk away from. But with enemies closing in from every direction, the real question isn't whether they belong together. It's whether they'll survive long enough to find out.

Ian's pov *sigh* life is full of adventures, I had a beautiful family, where I used to live with my parents and siblings. I'm the youngest one among the siblings, they all pampers me so much But one day my parents told me I was a part of one of the biggest mafia family in our country and I had to return to them. Since then my life becomes a mess Ian : yes I do "Now I announce you both husband and husband" *everyone starts clapping and cheering for the newly wed couple* "you may kiss your husband" The dangerously hansome man look into my eyes, took my both hands on his and kiss me on the lips "we wish the newly wed couple a very happy married life". Yes I'm married, and my husband is non other than Alberto Romanov, the future leader of Romanov Empire Alberto Romanov: listen I don't love you, this was a forced marriage so don't hope for too much expectations How is Ian going to survive in his adventures life? read to know more hope everyone will like it this is my first ever story that I'm writing on Wattpad