Sinful Sounds In The Dark

Name: Sinful Sounds In The Dark
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Miss Allyy

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In the hush just before midnight, when the world holds its breath, Lily Torres hears a voice that shatters her carefully guarded calm. Drawn to the deep, melodic hum echoing through the empty concert hall, she discovers Gabriel Moreau-a talented but tortured pianist whose music carries secrets darker than the night itself. As Lily ventures deeper into Gabriel's world, she uncovers the scars that haunt his soul: a tragic past, a family's tragic legacy, and a promise he can't keep. Yet in every note he plays, she senses an undercurrent of longing-a forbidden invitation that threatens to consume them both. Their passion ignites behind closed doors, where whispered confessions and stolen touches blur the line between salvation and damnation. But with each crescendo of desire comes a darker revelation: someone is watching, waiting to expose the truth that could destroy them. Caught between the intoxicating pull of Gabriel's music and the shadows that lurk in his past, Lily must decide how far she will go to claim her own freedom-and whether love is worth risking everything in the dark.

Modern First love Love at first sight Multiple identities Attractive Twist Arrogant/Dominant Romance Female-centered

Chapter 5 Shadows Of The Past

Yesterday 04:20

Chapter 1 The Man Behind The Music

Sinful Sounds in the Dark

It wasn't the rain that made her stop. It wasn't the thunder cracking open the sky or the cab that splashed her legs as it tore past, uncaring. It was the music.

Lily Torres paused on the corner of Wellington and Charles, soaked to the bone, her heels sinking into the softening pavement. The storm had arrived fast and violent, driving most people inside, but there she stood-motionless-because of a single sound.

A piano.

Not a melody she knew. Nothing classical, nothing sweet.

It was raw. Desperate. A kind of sound that sank its teeth into your skin and refused to let go.

The notes drifted from the abandoned concert hall, a forgotten relic that had once been the pride of the city. The front was boarded, the marquee shattered. No one had played there in over five years. But the music-clear and urgent-was pouring out like the building itself was trying to breathe again.

She should have kept walking.

Instead, she crossed the street and stepped through a hole in the plywood barrier, heart racing with something she didn't yet want to name. The moment she slipped inside, the air changed-colder, heavy with dust and something older. Her soaked dress clung to her thighs. She brushed wet hair from her face as her heels clicked softly against the warped wooden floors.

The music grew louder.

Each note was a plea. Each chord, a confession. And somewhere in the echoes of that aching melody, Lily forgot why she had ever felt numb.

She passed rows of moth-eaten seats and velvet curtains that sagged with age. The chandelier above the balcony trembled slightly with each rumble of thunder, casting warped shadows across the decaying space. The only light came from the stage-a single spotlight buzzing overhead.

And there he was.

At a black grand piano, his silhouette hunched over the keys like a man praying, or punishing himself. He didn't notice her at first. Or maybe he did and didn't care. Either way, his fingers moved like they were desperate to keep up with something breaking inside him.

She knew grief when she saw it. Knew pain by instinct.

She took a step closer, holding her breath.

He stopped playing. The silence that followed was jarring.

His head turned slowly toward her, eyes narrowed like he was expecting a ghost but got a woman instead.

"Who the hell are you?" His voice was dark velvet-smooth, worn, and hiding something dangerous underneath.

"I could ask the same thing."

They stared at each other across the empty rows of the once-grand theater. Water dripped from her fingertips to the floor. He rose from the bench, tall, lean, every movement sharp with tension. His black shirt was soaked with sweat, clinging to his chest like it was part of his skin. There was a jagged scar on his left forearm, faint but unmistakable.

"You shouldn't be here," he said, stepping down from the stage.

"And yet..." Lily's gaze didn't waver. "Neither should you."

He reached the aisle between them and stopped. "I don't like being followed."

"I wasn't following you. I heard your music."

He raised a brow. "And that made you break into a condemned building?"

"Wouldn't you?"

That got a flicker of something. Not quite a smile. Something darker.

"I didn't think anyone could still hear it," he said after a beat, almost to himself.

"Your playing?" she asked. "It's impossible not to hear it."

He looked at her like she was a puzzle he hadn't decided whether to solve or destroy. "What's your name?"

"Lily."

"Gabriel," he replied, but it felt like a half-truth. He didn't offer more, and she didn't push.

The space between them was charged, brittle. One wrong word and it would shatter.

"What are you doing here, Gabriel?"

"I could ask you the same," he murmured, walking back toward the stage. He sat down at the piano again, fingers hovering over the keys, then paused. "But I won't. Because I don't really care."

"You should."

That made him laugh-low, dry, bitter.

"Lily, was it?" he said without looking at her. "If you know what's good for you, you'll turn around, step back through that hole in the wall, and pretend this place-and I-don't exist."

"And if I don't?"

He played one note. It echoed like a warning shot.

"Then you'll stay," he said, "and I'll break you."

The way he said it-quiet, sure-sent a jolt of heat through her that had nothing to do with fear.

She walked slowly to the stage steps and climbed them. Her pulse was a drumbeat in her throat, but she didn't stop. "Maybe I'm already broken."

Gabriel turned to her, eyes like midnight storms. "Don't say that like it's a challenge."

"I'm not scared of you."

"You should be."

"I'm not."

She sat beside him on the bench, close enough to feel the warmth radiating from his skin. Close enough to smell the faint traces of sweat and leather and something like old cologne.

"You always play like you're being hunted?" she asked softly.

"No. Only when I am."

There was no smile. No attempt at seduction. Just that blunt truth.

She leaned in, lowering her voice. "Who's hunting you?"

His fingers ghosted over the keys. "The past. Mostly."

She waited. He didn't elaborate.

Then he played again.

This time, it was slower. Softer. But no less intense. Each note tugged at something deep inside her. Regret. Desire. Guilt. All the things she thought she'd buried. His music pulled them up like weeds, forcing her to look at them, feel them.

She closed her eyes.

And then-like it had always been meant to happen-he placed his hand over hers, guiding her fingers to the keys.

She didn't flinch.

"I don't play," she whispered.

"You don't have to," he replied. "Just listen."

Together, their hands rested on the piano, his fingers barely moving, brushing against hers, making her feel like every nerve ending in her body had just woken up after a long sleep.

She opened her eyes and met his.

The chemistry was a flame now-steady and wild.

"Why are you really here, Lily?" Gabriel asked, voice low, unreadable.

"Because I heard you," she said. "And for the first time in a long time, I felt something."

His jaw tightened.

"I don't do feelings," he muttered. "Not anymore."

"Then what do you do?"

He stared at her for a long moment. "Sin."

The word landed between them like a shot of whiskey-burning, intimate, dangerous.

Then he stood, his body towering above hers. His hand reached out and brushed a damp curl from her cheek, slow, deliberate.

"I'll give you one chance to leave," he said. "Right now. Before this becomes something you can't walk away from."

Lily stood too. Her breath caught as their bodies aligned, almost touching. She didn't move back.

"I don't walk away," she whispered. "Not from this."

Gabriel's eyes darkened, and for a heartbeat, she thought he'd kiss her. But he didn't.

He turned, walking toward the far end of the stage where an old velvet curtain hung askew. He pushed it aside, revealing a hidden staircase that spiraled downward.

He paused. "You coming?"

Lily hesitated only a second.

Then followed him into the dark.