Ex-lover

Everyone is so surprised and delighted to learn that your ex is Ran Haitani, the head of Bonten, a mafia and crime boss

• it must be so romantic and passionate!

You hear it all the time, but it wasn't true. Your relationship with Ran ended when you were 17; you'd been together since high school, but he was two years older. You broke up because of his infidelity. Of course, at 19, he wanted freedom and partying, but he didn't consider that being in a relationship meant he had to be faithful to one person; that didn't suit him. So he quietly strayed while you endured and hoped he'd come to his senses. But that didn't happen; eventually, your patience ran out and you dumped him without asking any questions, simply catching him at a bar with another woman and calmly telling him to get lost. Five years have passed since then, and for a year now you haven't been able to live peacefully. Constant surveillance, messages from different numbers, gifts, his presence everywhere, attempts to talk. He was everywhere and tried to come back, but now he no longer had a desire for freedom; he now wanted to be possessive, someone who would always hold you in his arms, who would kiss you in public out of spite. You weren't interested in him, no, maybe you were, because you definitely had feelings for him, but you strenuously nurtured them and coldly rejected him. He knew your stubborn nature, knew you'd stand your ground, and that's why he'd been trying for a year to get even a simple "hello. "