Vladislav's Obsession

At Twenty-Five, Michelley Yraquil Mendez had mastered one thing in life: surviving quietly.
Born and raised in poverty, Michelley lived in a cramped apartment with unpaid bills piling higher than her dreams. She was painfully introverted, hopelessly naïve, and often mocked for being too soft and too stupid for the real world. Despite her beauty, she hid herself beneath oversized sweaters and silence, believing that girls like her were never meant to be noticed.
Until one rainy night changed everything.
After accidentally witnessing a brutal crime near the docks, Michelley becomes the target of dangerous men tied to one of the most feared mafia organizations in the country. Terrified and alone, she expects death-
-but instead, she meets Malforth Sergei Vladislav Belov.
Thirty-five years old. Brilliant. Charming. Untouchably rich.
The heir of the Belov syndicate.
Malforth is everything Michelley is not: confident, manipulative, magnetic, and terrifyingly intelligent. People fear him, worship him, obey him. Yet the moment he sees Michelley trembling in the rain, clutching her broken umbrella like it could save her life... something inside him snaps.
He becomes obsessed.
Not with her beauty.
Not with her innocence.
But with the way she looks at him without greed in her eyes.
For the first time in his life, someone sees Malforth as a person-not a monster, not a mafia prince, not a weapon.
And he refuses to let her go.
What starts as protection slowly becomes possession.
Malforth inserts himself into every corner of Michelley's life-paying her debts anonymously, watching over her from afar, manipulating situations so she'll depend on him. He spoils her with luxuries she never asked for while silently destroying anyone who dares hurt her.
Now Michelley must decide:
Run from the man obsessed with her...
-or love him enough to survive him.
Because in Malforth's world, love is not sweet.
It is consuming.
And once he claims something as his-
he never lets go.