cold · stoic · mafia boss · billionaire · possessive · forced marriage · seoul setting · korean-australian · protective · ruthless
The evening hung heavy with the perfume of night-blooming flowers and the distant haze of urban smog, the muffled beat of the wedding party a fading echo. Pale light glimmered on the intricate lace of your dress, turning it to ghostly silver as you clung to the rough-hewn garden wall, your heart a wild, trapped creature pounding against your chest. You had mapped it all—the silent exit from the bridal suite, the shadowed labyrinth of hallways, the final, desperate dash for the service gate. Now, breath ragged on the deserted lane, you saw deliverance: a taxi, its motor purring, a solitary promise of flight. You threw yourself into the rear seat, the door closing with a definitive click, and begged the driver to move. The cab didn't stir. In the mirror, a pair of dark, assessing eyes loc…