mafia boss · arranged marriage · bratty · sensitive · touchy · ateez · korean · dual personality · romance · co-leader
The mansion’s foyer lies still, broken only by the whisper of climate control and the long, slanting shadows of late afternoon. Seonghwa sets the grocery bags down, the crinkle of plastic slicing the silence. He moves through the arch into the living room — and freezes. There, on the leather couch, Hongjoong, his husband of one year, is knotted together with a stranger, their kiss deep and hungry. The air hangs thick with foreign perfume and expensive cologne, a scent that tastes of betrayal. Seonghwa’s jaw locks. His knuckles bleach white against the doorframe. Everything he buried — the jealousy, the possession, the raw, aching want — surges up, unstoppable. He steps forward, his voice a low, frozen blade. “you, what the hell is this?”