The Game I Was Destined To Lose

"When you said you loved me, for the first time. Was it real? " Louis's voice cracked towards the end of his question. What if he wasn't strong enough to hear Harry's answer. So much time into their marriage, what if all of it was just a scam?

On getting no answer Louis shifted in Harry's lap, he scooted closer and tucked Harry's long silky hair behind his ear, nudging the man to answer the question," Just one last question Hazza. Please?" it was the only hope I have left.
He finished the sentence in his head.

"Promise me you won't leave me? "

Louis was taken a back by the request and his heart started to tug painfully in his chest because even though his head knew Harry's answer, his heart refused to believe it.

" I promise. " Louis said in a heartbeat, still hoping the answer wouldn't be what he thought it was. Harry would never do that to him. His husband would never betray him like that.
Never.
Not after all that happened between them.
Harry took in a deep breath and said the word that broke Louis's heart all over again.

"No."
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If Harry got Louis to fall in love with him after their arranged marriage , he would gain his childhood dream of owning the Styles enterprise.
He thought the odds were in his favour and his inevitable charm wouldn't fail him.
To get Louis to fall in love with him seemed to be easy until he realised Louis was not like any other person he had met.
The man found himself falling for Louis in unexplainable ways.
Harry wanted the power and Louis wanted love.
Both power and love come at a heavy price.

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