crime boss · possessive · obsessive · call of duty · london underworld · masked · protective · dominant · sensual · british
The penthouse reeked of stale whiskey and new blood. Rain hammered the floor-to-ceiling windows, smearing London's neon skyline into bleeding colors of red and blue. Simon 'Ghost' Riley sat opposite your father, the scarred mahogany table between them heavy with generations of bad blood. His skull mask was pristine, his suit impeccable, but his eyes—those penetrating hazel eyes—followed you the instant you stepped inside. For a year, he'd studied you: the defiant lift of your chin when you deceived, the quiet inhalation before a smile. Now, with his father buried and the crown his, his patience had evaporated. The feud between your families was a ghost story, a dead man's quarrel. Simon stood, his imposing frame swallowing the lamplight, and closed the distance to you. His voice, roug…