How To Love A Murderer.
He promised to protect him from a killer. He never said he was one.
When journalist Ian Parker witnesses a brutal murder, he should have been the killer's next victim. Instead, he wakes up in the hospital, saved by Zhedya Hunter…a brilliant forensic pathologist, a reclusive CEO, and a man with chilling grey eyes that feel hauntingly familiar.
Charismatic and dangerously possessive, Zhedya offers Ian shelter in his opulent penthouse, a gilded cage where every comfort is a chain.
As Zhedya's obsession deepens, Ian's career skyrockets, with damning evidence against the city's most wanted criminals mysteriously falling into his hands. But each exclusive story comes with a price: a fractured memory, a drugged haze, and a growing pile of bodies connected to anyone who threatens their twisted paradise.
Now, Ian is trapped in a nightmare of luxury and lies, unraveling a truth more terrifying than any headline: his savior is a predator, his sanctuary is a crime scene, and the man who claims to love him is the most prolific murderer he will ever interview.
Learning how to love a murderer is easy. Surviving him is the real story.
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Chapter: The PushChapter One Hundred and Forty Two: The Push Ian and Lily walked out of Elena's apartment building in the late afternoon, Ian carrying a bag of groceries he'd helped bring in. Lily skipped ahead, her little legs full of that endless energy only kids have, completely oblivious to the weight her father carried in his chest.By evening they were buckled into the car, Ian's hands steady on the wheel even as his mind churned in a thousand different directions. Elena had been struggling hard this pregnancy, even worse than with Lily, and Ian had spent the afternoon helping her organize, cleaning up, making sure she had food she could actually keep down. It was the least he could do.Lily bounced in the back seat, her usual endless energy on full display. "Daddy? What's wrong with Mama?"Ian glanced in the rearview mirror at those grey eyes, curious and concerned in the way only children can be when they sense something they don't understand. "She's just tired, bug. Grown-up stuff."Lily
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Chapter: I Would Never Lose To You.Chapter One Hundred and Forty One: I Would Never Lose To You. Morning light streamed through the windows, warm and golden, the kind of light that made everything feel possible. Lily sat at the kitchen table, eating breakfast with the single-minded focus of a child who had discovered that jam on toast was the greatest invention ever. Ian watched her from across the table, his hand moving unconsciously to his pocket where the passports sat heavy against his thigh.He'd made up his mind. He was going to Sweden with Zhedya. Him and Lily. A new life and a fresh start.He thought about Zhedya's words, about Miller circling like a shark, about Elena working against them. None of it mattered anymore. They were leaving.Lily looked up, catching him staring with those grey eyes. "Daddy, why are you looking at me like that?"Ian smiled, warm and real. "I was just thinking, bug. How would you like to go on an adventure?"Lily's eyes went impossibly wide. "An adventure? Like the ones in my stor
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Chapter: Positive Lines.Chapter One Hundred and Forty: Positive Lines. A plain package sat on the kitchen counter. No return address or identifying marks. Just a box that had arrived that morning with a delivery guy who shrugged and left. Ian stared at it like it might explode.He turned it over in his hand to find nothing. Just his name printed in neat letters.He opened it carefully.Inside were two passports. One for him and another for Lily.He flipped through his…new photo. Everything was there, perfect and complete. His hands started shaking.A small note fluttered out…he caught it."Trust me, Angel. This is for us. - Z"Ian stared at the words, heart pounding so hard he could feel it in his throat.Sweden.Zhedya wanted them to go to Sweden. He was planning something, moving pieces on a board Ian couldn't see. Pieces Ian didn't even know existed."What are you thinking?" Ian whispered to the empty room. "What are you planning?"He looked at the passports again. New names. New lives. New country.Wa
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Chapter: Being Better For LoveChapter One Hundred and Thirty Nine: Being Better For Love The kiss turned deeper, hungrier, like they were trying to crawl inside each other’s skin. Ian’s hands shook as he shoved at Zhedya’s shirt, desperate to feel warm skin under his palms again. Zhedya helped him, yanking the fabric over his head and tossing it somewhere in the dark. Then his big hands were on Ian…pulling him closer, sliding under the thin tank top Ian slept in, rough fingertips dragging up his spine.Ian broke the kiss just long enough to rip his own shirt off, throwing it away like it offended him. Their bare chests crashed together, skin on skin, and Ian let out this broken little sound he couldn’t hold back.Zhedya flipped them in one smooth move so Ian was straddling his hips, knees sinking into the mattress on either side. The sheets were already twisted from earlier, but now they were a mess under them. Moonlight slipped through the half-open curtains, painting silver stripes across Zhedya’s che
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Chapter: You Sound Like Him.Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Eight: You Sound Like Him. The judge's words still echoed in Ian's mind, bouncing around his skull like they might never leave."There is no evidence of endangerment. No proof that the mother's claims about the father's new partner have any merit. Custody remains with the father. Visitation rights to the mother as previously established."Ian had sat there in the courtroom, hands clasped together so tight his knuckles went white, not daring to breathe. Beside him, his lawyer had squeezed his arm…a small gesture of victory. Across the room, Elena's lawyer had looked defeated, shuffling papers like they might somehow change the outcome.Elena herself had looked like she might explode. Her eyes had burned into Ian throughout the entire proceeding, full of something that looked a lot like hatred.Now Ian walked out of the courtroom, shoulders straight, relief and exhaustion written all over his face. The sun felt too bright and the world felt too loud. H
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Chapter: Radio SilenceChapter One Hundred and Thirty Seven: Radio Silence It was evening. The kind of quiet that feels wrong, heavy, like the silence before something bad happens. Ian sat on the couch, phone in hand, staring at a blank screen. Days had passed…No calls…No texts..but silence from Zhedya. Five days since Zhedya got in that taxi. Five days has passed since he promised to call every day. Ian's phone had stayed silent. He had called dozens of times, all sent straight to voicemail every single time. Texted and still nothing. He even checked the news from Sweden, scrolling through articles he couldn't read, looking for anything that might explain the silence. Nothing. It was like Zhedya had vanished into thin air. Lily asked every morning. "When is Zhedya coming back?" Ian lied every time. "Soon, bug. He calls when you're asleep. He says he misses you." Lily believed him. Children always believe which made it worse. Ian couldn't do it anymore, he dialed Elijah. Elijah picked up on
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The Enemy's Obsession: Bound To The Mafia Boss
“Julian…don't trust him. He knows what he did. I didn't kill myself. They made me fake it. I'm so sorry”, Julian received a call from his supposedly dead brother.
Julian Hart, a 19 years old criminology student, begins investigating about his older brother death which was ruled as suicide. There is one character that all evidence keeps coming back to: Caesar Dominic, a ruthless Mafia heir known for his cruelty
Julian plans were to get close, gain trust to destroy him.
Caesar plays along. Caesar became obsessed with Julian at first sight, he wanted to own him, control him, break him.
Julian desperation for answers make him stuck in Caesar's world of power, blood, obsession,desire and love for the man which could possibly be his brother's killer.
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Chapter: The Perfect Heir.Chapter Ninety Two: The Perfect Heir The penthouse hotel room in Berlin felt too small for the energy bouncing off Caesar's skin. He paced like a caged animal…from the window to the door, back to the window, again and again. His hands moved when he talked, sharp gestures that cut through the air. Enzo had already sighed a million times. He was about to make it a million and one. "I have to see him again." The words tumbled out before anyone could speak. "I have to talk to him properly. Without Kohler standing there like a guard dog." Peter shifted on the couch, thoughtful. "What if Kohler was just being protective? I mean, the guy's heir comes out of nowhere, some random man walks up calling him by a different name…any father would step in." "I'm not anyone." Caesar's voice was sharp. "He knows who I am. He would have heard of me. He could have at least introduced me properly instead of shooing me away like some paparazzi." Enzo leaned against the wall, arms crossed. His fa
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Chapter: His Face.Chapter Ninety One: His Face Two Years Later Two years. Seven hundred and thirty days. Seventeen thousand five hundred hours. Caesar had stopped counting after the first year. It hurt less that way or at least, that's what he told himself. The apartment hadn't changed. Julian's jacket still hung on the back of the chair where he'd left it. His toothbrush still sat in the bathroom, right next to Caesar's, like he'd just stepped out and would be back any minute. His books still piled on the nightstand…the one he'd been reading, a bookmark halfway through chapter seven, waiting for him to come back and finish it. Caesar had the mansion cleaned every week. Couldn't stand dust, couldn't stand the thought of Julian's things getting dirty. But he'd warned the maid strictly. That jacket? Don't touch. Those books? Don't move. The bathroom? Leave everything exactly where it is. She probably thought he was crazy….Maybe he was. He couldn't let go. Couldn't move on. Couldn't do any of
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Chapter: The Lose in the Sea.Chapter Ninety: The Lose in the Sea. The van was parked three blocks from hell. Caesar could see the lights from here…blue and red splashing against the buildings, painting everything in chaos. Police barricades and federal agents swarming like ants. The Oasis looked like a war zone. He couldn't sit still or breathe. His leg bounced, his hands fidgeted, his eyes kept darting to the building like he could see through walls. His phone buzzed. Peter's name appears on the screen. He answered so fast he almost dropped it. Didn't even say hello. "Tell me you found him.", he asked immediately. Peter's voice crackled through, stressed, breathless like he'd been running. "Caesar, the place is a madhouse with the feds everywhere. I checked every exit on the blueprints like we planned. Every stairwell and every loading dock but nothing. He's still inside." Caesar's jaw clenched so hard his teeth ached. "Then I'm going in." Enzo's hand shot out, grabbing his arm. "Caesar, no. L
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Chapter: After All This Time.Chapter Eighty Nine: After All This Time. The air was thick and hot and tasted like dust. Julian had been crammed in the tight, dark space above the ceiling for two whole days. A sub-ceiling crawlspace…a forgotten vein in the building’s body. He had survived on protein bars that tasted like chalk and sips of warm water.A small, hidden earpiece played quiet classical music, a lifeline to keep the creeping claustrophobia and the pounding in his skull from driving him insane.The pain was a white-hot drill behind his left eye. He bit down hard on the leather sleeve of his jacket, the taste of oil and grit filling his mouth, swallowing back the groan that wanted to escape. He fumbled in the dark for the orange bottle, shook out two pills, and dry-swallowed them, wincing.Just a little longer. Just hold on. Don’t you dare pass out now.His own stubborn will was the only dam holding back a tidal wave of agony.Then, he heard it. A change in the rhythm of the building. The muffled thump-
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Chapter: A New Page is Turned.Chapter Eighty-Eight: A New Page is TurnedThe room was dead quiet. Julian’s whole vibe had changed. The jumpy energy was gone, replaced by this scary, icy calm. His eyes looked different and sharp. Like he’d turned off his heart and left the machine running. He pointed at the blueprints.“First plan’s trash. The gala entrance is a steel trap now. We don’t walk in with them.” His finger jammed down on the roof plans. “I go in two days early. Right here.”Caesar felt his gut twist. “Where?”“Mechanical alcove. For the climate system. Cameras don’t see it.” Julian’s voice was flat. “I wait there. Forty-eight hours.”“You’ve lost your mind,” Caesar breathed, going pale. “Two days up there? Exposed? What if your head goes off? What if you have an episode? And the cold, Julian. And food? Water? This isn’t a plan, it’s a death wish.”A ghost of a smile touched Julian’s mouth. A cold one. “The headache’s always there. It’s part of the furniture. The cold won’t kill me.” He shrugged. “The
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Chapter: The Wrench.Chapter Eighty Seven: The Wrench “I found someone.” Peter dropped into the huge leather chair beside Julian’s desk, buzzing with nervous energy. “This guy. Ravi. He’s in Bangalore, completely off-grid. I took your advice…someone with no ties, no clue who the Liberty Circle even is.” Julian looked up from the blueprints, a flicker of relief in his tired eyes. “He’s a ghost in the machine,” Peter continued, leaning forward. “The absolute best at remote penetration and data streaming. He says with the schematics and the codes you got, he can create a ‘digital ghost’ in their system.” “Once it’s in, the feed is untraceable. They won’t know they’re broadcasting their own nightmare.” As Julian reached for a notepad to jot down the contact, the afternoon light slanted across his hand, catching the platinum band on his finger. It wasn’t flashy, but it was impossible to miss. Peter’s eyes snapped to it. His excited chatter died. He stared, his brow furrowed. “Jules…” he started, his v
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