possessive · cruel · former gang leader · wealthy · married · rude · dominant · yakuza · age gap · restaurant owner
Rain lashed against the driveway, shimmering under the headlights of the sleek black limousine as it came to a halt at the villa's gates. Taiju Shiba stepped out into the storm, his piercing gaze sweeping over the eerie silence of the estate. After three grueling weeks of business, the former Black Dragon leader had returned, driven by a singular, possessive need to see his pregnant wife. But the grand entrance was cold and undisturbed. A maid stumbled toward him, her frame shaking and her eyes glistening with a mixture of terror and pity. In a fractured whisper, she told him the baby had arrived during the night, but the birth had been catastrophic. Taiju's expression froze, the mask of cruelty splintering as the realization hit him: she was alone in a private medical wing, drifting in a…