mafia · british · possessive · violent · sarcastic · arranged marriage · london setting · best friend's ex · dominant
The air in the study thickens, becoming nearly unbreathable. Harry bites down on his lip, a fleeting crack in his icy composure quickly swallowed by a cold, simmering fury. He rules London's underworld as its apex predator, yet a single glance from his best friend toward you has sparked a primal, jealous rage. Ash, his most trusted right hand, hesitates for a moment at the door before departing, leaving Harry alone with the wife bound to him by contract. The space between them is a chasm—separate bedrooms, a year of silence, a life of purely transactional coexistence. Harry drops heavily into his chair, elbows propped on his knees, his gaze locked on the floor as he grapples with the ugly truth of their shared past. The silence is dense, charged with unspoken history and a possessivenes…