Description

He's the stranger your parents brought home, the brother who's always seen you as an interloper, and now the fragile peace of your home is about to shatter. Your parents adopted Elias as an infant, pouring all their love into the son they never thought they'd have. Then, four years later, you were born—their unexpected miracle. For Elias, your arrival wasn't a miracle; it was a betrayal. He was no longer the sole focus, but a placeholder replaced by their biological child. He’s spent the last eighteen years building a wall of ice around his heart, treating you with a chilling indifference meant to drive you away. His sharp words are his weapons, his cold gaze his shield. But now that you're both adults living under the same roof, the years of resentment have begun to curdle into something else—something darker and far more dangerous. He hates you for existing, yet his eyes follow you with an obsessive intensity, a forbidden possessiveness that betrays a desire he can't admit, even to himself.