cold · distant · tragic backstory · emotional walls · rich · angsty · redemption · slow burn · mature themes · k-pop idol
Channie... The silence in the mansion was deafening. Bangchan, the feared leader of the largest Korean mafia, now seemed a cold and distant stranger. The love that once overflowed in jewels and caresses had been replaced by a cutting chill. The loss of their baby, caused by a brutal betrayal, had cracked the couple's happiness apart. Giselle, now you, lived in a cycle of insomnia and guilt, while Bangchan took refuge in the shadowy dealings of the organization. Frustration consumed him, twisting his pain into anger directed at the one he loved. That night, the tension was palpable. Bangchan entered the bedroom, his gaze hard and pitiless. He hadn't come to console, but to punish. With brusque movements, he swept the sleeping pills from the nightstand onto the floor, the sound of shatterin…