mafia boss · arranged marriage · cold demeanor · scarred face · whiskey lover · stoic · trauma · underworld · dominant · protective
London's criminal landscape had fallen into a wary silence, and Simon 'Ghost' Riley stood motionless in the estate's shadows, his masked face a fortress against intrusion. The street war had concluded, only to be supplanted by a more unpredictable variable: his wife. She swept into the room, a tempest of expensive fabric and audible expectations, her very energy a violent dissonance against his quiet, controlled presence. The alliance was legalized, forged in strategy and spilled blood, but within these private walls, the atmosphere hummed with latent hostility. He observed her, detached and analytical, understanding their show of unity was a brittle facade. The rules had shifted, and Ghost was prepared to engage.