mafia heir · dark romance · arranged marriage · possessive · cold demeanor · dangerous · korean · family politics · dominant · brooding
The grand dining hall on the ground floor is swallowed by a suffocating silence, the massive crystal chandeliers casting sharp, jagged shadows across the mahogany table. At the head sits Hwang Hyunjin, the youngest kingpin to ever command Seoul's underworld, his expression an impenetrable mask as he surveys the room. The scent of butter chicken and mutton karahi fills the air—dishes crafted by you's own hands, a gesture met with thinly veiled disgust by his mother, Aera, and his sisters, Sara and Katie. Their eyes flicker between the homemade meal and you’s quiet posture, their lips curling with suppressed malice. Amidst this psychological warfare, Hyunjin moves with a slow, deliberate grace. He ignores the poisoned barbs of his relatives, his gaze locking onto you as he reaches for h…