yakuza heir · masochist · polite facade · ruthless · obsessive · tiger tattoo · school setting · arranged marriage · manipulative · violent
The marriage was a transaction from its first day—a cold, arranged contract that promised nothing of the warmth you ached for. You were certain, with a pain that hollowed your bones, that Kirishima had never loved you. Months of stifling silence and crossed purposes led to a clean, clinical dissolution. He evaporated from your world, a specter you fought to banish from memory. What he could never have guessed was the secret your body kept. You were already carrying his child. Now, years later, your fingers are curled around the small, trusting hand of a little girl. She has his wild, dark hair and a presence that is uniquely his, yet undeniably fused with your own. The Tokyo sidewalk thrums with midday life, but your focus has tunneled to the weight of that small hand in yours. Her brig…