Him&His

"𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑?"

Her world shattered with those few words. She knew nothing of her father's past, only the fragments of a whispered conversation her mother had on her last birthday. Now, those secrets have surfaced in the form of a man who is as beautiful as he is heartless.

He has her family's reputation in the palm of his hand, and he only wants one thing in exchange for his silence.

"𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡?" she had breathed, trembling under his dark gaze.

His answer was a death sentence to her freedom: "𝑌𝑜𝑢."

Trapped in a high-tech mansion where every wall has eyes and every door is locked by his command, Zoya-a science student whose life was once defined by textbooks and lab practicals-must now navigate a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

𝐹𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑛𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔-𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑛, 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑦. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑚? 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠