Illicit- 4
Heyyyy my loves! Here is part 4 of Illicit and a better look into Harry's behavior without Y/N... not a nice man but he's OUR man <3
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Series Masterlist
Wc- 3.3k
warnings- asshole h, infidelity, slight violence, paparazzi
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Harry was reaching a boiling point.Â
Katherine had stolen him away from Y/N for the night, under the guise her father set as a business dinner. Said he had something to discuss with him at a new, up and coming restaurant that it was imperative that he came tonight. He had to peel himself away from Y/N who was curled on his couch with her laptop in her lap, doing a bit of clothing shopping while he leaned against her to help veto and approve on things she was on the fence about. He had been having a very good time being domestic this afternoon to be forced away was already pissing him the fuck off.Â
So to find a table clear of said man and just see his daughter there with a scheming beam on her face? It was the worst possible option. Of course, she assured him that her âdaddyâ would be coming shortly, but by the time their entrees arrived, Harry was fairly certain of what was happening.Â
H: I need wine when I get home.Â
Y/N: Yeah.. someone sent me an article.Â
Harryâs stomach dropped when she sent the link, an article that must have only been published just a few moments ago. A photo of a preening Katherine across from him had been snuck. Thankfully his face was blank, ever so practiced. She was leaning across the table with a preen all over her face, the angle taken so you couldnât see the third drink set out for her father who was mysteriously not there.Â
This had to be a set up. He wasnât giving the image of the doting, in love boyfriend that Katherine wanted and she was obviously a bit more cunning than he had originally anticipated. He was beginning to piece things together again, and he was getting more furious by the minute.Â
The real anger stemmed from being taken away from one of the rarer nights he didnât have work to check up on periodically, and heâd cleared it just for her. It was like she somehow knew how to piss him off out of some fucked up intuition. While Y/N had the owner's manual on how to make him happy, Katherine knew how to make him irrationally angry. Despite his asshole behavior he was still nice compared to the whole plethora of things he wanted to tell her.
He had no qualms about embarrassing her publicly. Itâs where she had weakness. Her reputation.Â
H: Iâm leaving in a moment. I have a theory about this. Brant Jr never showed up.Â
Y/N: Seriously????
H: Yes. What ice cream do you want me to pick up on my way home, my love?
Y/N: âŠâŠ
Y/N: Youâre good, H. Mint Choc pls <3
H: Anything for you. Iâll be home soon. Go get changed into something more comfortable.Â
Harry tucked his phone back in his pocket, turning to Katherine who had been watching him curiously. âSo when are you going to admit you stole your fatherâs work phone and tricked me here?â He had waited until the waitress was in earshot. This was a story he wished would actually show up on TMZ. âBecause I was having a very important evening and was torn away from people I had meticulously scheduled to come here and discuss âemergency businessâ changes. I didnât ask you to dinner because I didnât have time for these silly things, and because I didnât want to.â Harry tugged his wallet out. âYou are childish. I knew that. But messing with important business shit because youâre trying to trick me into a dinner and planting one of your friends at another table to get some clicks for your weird fangirls living vicariously and extra money?â He pointed directly where he had found one of her friends, the redheadâs eyes widening as Harry caught her phone up and gave his stone cold glare. âMy business isnât a fucking game, Katherine. Wasting my time when Iâm doing things because youâre throwing a childish tantrum because I canât shower you in affection every hour of the day? What did we discuss last time?â
âHarry, darling, youâre being a bit loud-â Katherine chuckled nervously, eyes wide as she had been figured out. The waitress and tables close could clearly hear him. She hated negative attention and had been working at trying to market them as some sort of âit coupleâ, which wasnât going to work for him anymore. He was growing tired of this scheme and really needed her to just end it so the contract could be over, null and void.Â
âI can be louder, if you want.â He said ruthlessly. âI can let all of your little friends know the image of our relationship you paint is a sham, that you try to make me out as someone who I never had been, and never will be for you. I am not in love with you, Katherine. I told you, if you wanted to date me that it would be on my terms. If that makes me an âassholeââ He sneered, âSo be it. Iâve never lied about my stance in dating you. I let you prance around and use my name to get into clubs that your own last name is too irrelevant to get you into, I allow you to pose photographs of me though you know I despise it when you do, I allow you to use my yacht and I let you use my home in Los Angeles before I sold it to have one of those stupid influencer parties you love to post about although, I know you hate half of those girls.â He knew his voice was carrying, but he didnât care. âYou are the one hurting yourself by making this relationship out to be anything but it is. A means to an end.â For both of them, but she would know now just how onto her heâs been.Â
âIâve let it go for a while. Iâve allowed you to do what made you feel better because if it kept you off of my back while I handled things on my own, I was fine.You even harassed my friends for the lake house keypad number, which is fucking pathetic.â it really was and Harry had been mad since then, but this was growing past a disrespect he was willing to accept. â But youâre fucking with business now. I will not ever stand for it. If I say no, it means no. If I say not tonight, it means not tonight. If I say to stop calling, stop fucking calling me.â He let his voice seethe while his face remained mostly itâs usual cold sneer, throwing a few bills on the table. âContinue fucking with my business and see how that ends up. Your father could build up a company, and I can take it down just as fast.â
He stood up, righting his jacket as he watched her pale face, knowing he had just scared her. He didnât care. Maybe there was something wrong with him, but he truly, to the bottom of his heart, didnât care about her feelings. The one girl he cared about was waiting for her mint chocolate chip ice cream.Â
âAre- Are you threatening me?â She shriekd quietly, making Harry pause, calling their waitress all the way over.
âItâs not a threat, but a promise.â There was no questioning that he meant it. Looking towards the waitress, he handed her a generous tip and nodded, leaving the restaurant to find flashing cameras. One particular flash pissed him off, and catching Harry in a bad mood was not a good thing to do.Â
His hand shot out, grabbing the surely expensive to the manâs camera, and threw it forcefully onto the pavement. It shattered into little pieces, the lens crackling on the sidewalk and the plastic of the body falling into shards, his blank stare going from the broken beyond repair camera to the sputtering camera man. His face was tomato red while Harryâs jaw remained sharp and clenched, raising a brow in challenge.Â
âWhat the fuck! My fucking camera!â He bellowed. âIâm gonna sue the fuck out of you!âÂ
Harry grabbed his business card out from his pocket, handing it to the man. âReach out. It will be a pleasure to beat you in court.âÂ
His car was in the lot, which he quickly got to and peeled out of the parking lot. He wasnât even inside of the shop yet when he got a call from Y/N. Her contact photo brought a smile to his face, answering it as he briskly walked inside the automatic doors and grabbed a little basket.Â
âHi, my love.â He murmured, making his way towards the back, knowing the exact brand she wanted from the freezer.Â
âDid you really break a camera?â Y/N squeaked into the phone. It made him laugh, not pausing in his expedition. She was still relatively new to his life and didnât seem to google him like everyone else who met him. Even if it felt like she was meant to be with him forever, that their souls had always been familiar, she hadnât seen much of that side of him yet.Â
âYes.â He hummed. âShoved it in my face, blinded me for a moment. I was already angry. The photographers know it's a risk when Iâm involved, darling.â It was sort of his thing. If people got too close, hit him with it, intruded on his personal space, he was quick to rid himself of the problem. They were lucky he chose the camera and not the person behind it. Harry really didnât care, and he knew some would label him as toxic or maybe even crazy, but it wasnât something he cared about. His temper was notorious.Â
âChrist! H!â Y/N laughed in disbelief. âHannah sent me an article. Thereâs a video circling social media. I havenât watched it yet.âÂ
âGood. Donât, itâs a waste of time yeah? Told you Iâm an open book for you, sweetheart. Can ask me any questions youâd like when I get back to you.â He tucked the phone between his shoulder and cheek, opening up the freezer door to grab their designated flavors. âStay comfortable for me, Iâm just about to check out and get home tâyou. Iâll talk to you in a bit.â It was something Harry wished he could have happen every day. Going home to her. She was the centerpiece of his home now and her absence was palpable when he got home and she was at her own place or out and about.Â
They said their goodbyes and Harry found himself lost in his head as he used the self check out to pay for their sweets. He avoided most social interaction when he could because everyone always had a favor to ask him, a question, a dig. It was nice to be able to pay and avoid the pointless small talk with a cashier who usually didnât give an actual shit, or someone who obviously gave far too much of one. His lone wolf lifestyle suited him just fine- but now Y/N fit into it. She wasnât just anyone, her voice didnât grate on his nerves, and he was in love with her. He figured adding another lone wolf to his life wouldnât hurt- not when it was her.
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âHarryâŠâ Y/N laughed, licking her spoon clean. âWhile I am most definitely proud of you for how quickly you can come up with comebacks and witty words, Iâd prefer they not be needed at all.â Her smile faded, leaning further into him. The man had stripped himself of his suit and found his clothes after a quick shower, trying to rid himself of the disaster and waste of a night. Now he was going to be with the woman he had been looking forward to spending time with for the rest of the night.Â
âUnfortunately, sâpart of the job.â His thumb rubbed over her shoulder as she leaned into the man, his neediness even more apparent when heâd plucked her up from her spot and sat down to settle her in his lap. âPaparazzi are, for some reason, something that still is a thing and they make a pretty penny on photos of me because I like to dodge them.â Harry was not the stereotype of a nepotism child. He did work for what was given to him but he was under no false pretenses. He knew that he was born into an almost impossible wealth, one that some of his peers had deluded themselves into thinking they could be anything. The so-called âself madeâ millionaires as if they didnât have billions to cushion their blow if they were to be shot down. He liked to hide away from the attention part of it the best he could, but sometimes appearing at things was a necessary evil.Â
âI know.â The angel in his lap grumbled. âI know it is but it still makes me irritated that you have to worry about it. That theyâve gotten so far in your face that you were even able to do that. Itâs just rude and invading your privacy.â Her little pout did something to his formerly black, charred heart.Â
Y/N was his opposite in a good way. She was love and warmth and light and morals. Harry was cold, cruel, darkness. Iron compared to gold. If it were anyone else, he thinks he may be slightly annoyed by their cheerfulness, their optimism. Harry had seen a lot of the world and a lot of the bad sides of people, skeletons hidden in closets and the life of the elite. It was hard to be optimistic at times when heâd seen such hopelessness, but she managed to peel back some of the grimy layers in his dim outlook in life, his cynical snarks and soften the jagged edges just a bit. He wasnât a changed man- no. He didnât have rainbows out his ass, he wasnât a warm being, but he held the new wick that was lit up in a dim glow when it came to her. He could be good to her. Thankfully Y/N wasnât looking for more. She didn't want to change him.Â
âOh, my love.â He sighed, his hand chilled from the ice cream coming up to her chin. âItâs alright. Theyâll learn at some point. Besides⊠It isnât a normal occurrence when I just go out, not normally. Katherine called them, Iâm positive.â The mirth in his eyes returned at the reminder of the woman. âIâm going to call Brant tomorrow and let him know of the antics, but Iâm going to threaten again. I donât want to be under this contract anymore.â His voice quieted, looking at Y/N who dropped her eyes from his. His stomach twisted, knowing where her head went. âHey, sweetness. Look at me.â He urged, trying to catch her eyes again. âYou know that Iâm looking for every way out, yeah? If I canât use that, mâgonna move on to the next idea. Itâs hard when Iâm contract bound, but Iâm going to make her break up with me.âÂ
Honestly, he was surprised she hadnât just from tonight. It had him suspicious of her. There was no way that her ego wasnât bruised from his spiked tongue tonight. Heâd made sure other people heard the verbal hits, made sure some of it would be sold to the same publication she was trying to make a few bucks off by planting her friends to take photos. There was a prayer in his mind that maybe that would move it on, make her give him up. Surely, she was someoneâs dream trophy wife. Sure as fuck not his, but maybe someone else.Â
âI know. I just hateâŠ.â Y/N paused, giving her eyes back to him. âI hate that she makes you so miserable, but Iâm glad that you hate her. I feel like an awful human being, but I just hate so much about her and It makes me feel like thereâs something wrong with me.âÂ
This was news to Harry, surprisingly enough to actually show on his face. Sheâd mentioned disliking Katherine before but to see her struggling with her hatred towards the woman who was trying to claim her boyfriend as hers in the public eye, it made him feel even more guilty. He didnât want this for her, he didnât want her upset- but he knew that it was his own fault.Â
âThereâs nothing wrong with you, Y/N.â He said seriously. âI know that hatred isnât something that your pretty heart feels a lot so mâsure it does feel a bit off but I promise you, itâs worth hating.â There was a pause, thumb squeezing her jaw slightly and watching as it popped open from the little trick. âIf I had to see you out with someone else⊠Iâd be murderous. If another man said you were his, Iâd enjoy knocking every tooth from his skull.â His jaw tightened. There was no way. Every time he thought about it it made him ache, so he knew that it must be similar to her. Though he couldnât imagine Y/Nâs gentle soul to be murderous, she at the very least must be angry.Â
âCool it, cowboy.â Y/N crooned, watching as his brain was visibly showing his thoughts on his face. âNo one is coming to get me. Iâm all yours.â It was like she was soothing a dragon. To be fair, Harry was pretty sure that if it could, smoke would be coming from his ears or his nose. Y/N could read him very well but to be honest, he did little to hide his emotions from her anymore. His girl was just good at knowing him, and he appreciated every moment of it. He couldnt lie and say that her insistence of being his didnât please him- it absolutely did.Â
Harry had quite a few morally gray qualities and one was his possessiveness. Words like that, telling him that she was all his, it made him hard. Settled him in a primal, animalistic way and he wasnât going to stop it. Y/N had been clued into it, knowing the exact right thing to sway his mood a different way. Knowing that the woman curled up to him thought of herself as his, that she was fully belonging to him and would be proud to be his as soon as they could be in the limelight. Harry would be equally as happy with people knowing he belonged to her, and he had no shame in labeling himself as so- but Y/N was playing into his weaknesses.Â
âYou are, arenât you? And Iâm yours.â His voice dropped an octave, moving his hand down a little bit to cup the side of her neck. âNo matter what she tries to play to the public, no matter the image shes trying to sell, I belong to you, sweetheart. Heart and soul. Itâs all yours.â No truer words had been spoken. Harry was an honest man, most of the time, but this wasnât something he would lie about. He wouldnât declare his heart as hers if it wasnât. âMy messy little girl.â He swiped away a bit of ice cream from the corner of her lip with his free hand, bringing it to his mouth to suck it away, keeping her eyes on his. Her ice cream was melting in the tub in her hand, and Harry had a better idea on what too with it now.Â
âLetâs not talk about her anymore, my angel.â He suggested, gently moving her closer to him. âWhy donât you let me have my sweets now, yeah? Taste them off of you?â
















