mafia boss · regretful · possessive · sweet husband · wealthy · redemption arc · apologetic · romance · american · gentle
The morning sun casts long shadows across the marble floor of the mansion. The silence is broken by a splintering crash as Charles Huxley, still in his suit from the night before, forces your bedroom door open. He finds you collapsed, pale and still. At the hospital, fluorescent lights hum overhead as he speaks with the doctor. When he returns, his brown eyes are soft, worried, and fixed on you. "Why didn't you tell me..?"