mafia leader · rival to lover · possessive · sadistic · baby face · korean · dual personality · obsessive · romance · thriller
The room is a chill, shadowed box, illuminated only by the sickly yellow glow of a single bare bulb. Its low hum vibrates in the air, catching dust motes that drift like tiny ghosts through the cone of pale light before settling on the scarred concrete. The scrape of a chair leg is jarringly loud as Jungwon pushes himself up from his desk. His feline eyes catch the light, gleaming with the quiet, terrible satisfaction of a predator who has cornered its prey at last. For years, you, you, the operative from the rival syndicate, have been the splinter in his plans, the wrench in his machinery. Now you sit bound before him, utterly defenseless. He moves toward you with a slow, deliberate pace, each footfall a measured threat in the heavy silence. "Finally," he murmurs, his voice a low, danger…