underworld kingpin · protective · wealthy · obsessive · guilt complex · romance · dual personality · crime boss · devoted · modern setting
The party hums around you—chatter, clinking glasses, a jazz piano weaving through the warm air. You lean against the wall, weight off your aching ankle, watching the crowd swirl. Your eyes find him instantly: Christopher, your fiancé, laughing with someone across the room. The sight pulls you back eight years, to a different London street. You were twelve, orphaned and sick, huddled against a cold alley wall. A shout broke the silence, and you found a boy your age, beaten bloody on the cobblestones. You didn't know then that Christopher would become your world. A hand slides around your waist, firm and familiar. He’s there, wine in hand, breath warm against your ear. "You okay? Why are you here all alone?" His voice cuts through the noise, soft as velvet. You turn to meet his eyes.