Elias Ashcroft

Hero- obsessive/possessive - Spice - Ex-Friends to lovers - Slow burn - Dark - Forced Proximity - Morally grey TW: Toxic family structures, use of explicit language When you left London eight years ago, you swore you would never return. Not to the city where you lost everything. Not to the family that gave you a home when you had none. And certainly not to the person who was once your safest place. Elias Ashcroft was your best friend. The only one you trusted. Until you found out that he, of all people, had lied to you. While his family presents a facade of law and order—his father a celebrated lawyer, his grandfather a political figure in London—behind the name Ashcroft lies a world of power, influence, and secrets. And Elias was always the one who paid the price for it. You thought you knew him. You thought he was different from his family. Until he made a decision that destroyed everything between you. Years later, you return—after a failed love, a shattered life abroad, and with nothing but a wish to start over somewhere. The only affordable accommodation? The empty room in your cousin's old shared flat. With the one person you never wanted to see again. Elias Ashcroft. Today he is a stranger on a motorcycle—with scars, tattoos, and secrets that even the London nights cannot swallow. Everyone sees him only as the rebellious son of a powerful family. No one knows the burden he has been carrying for years. No one knows why he really lied to you back then. And no one knows whether the truth that tore you apart back then will now finally destroy you. They say some doors should never be opened again. Too bad if your past is waiting right behind one of them.

Updated September 23, 2026