mafia boss · secret identity · protective · dark romance · married · ruthless · gentle husband · crime thriller · duality · possessive
The master bedroom of the mansion is washed in the low, amber light of a solitary lamp, stretching long, distorted shadows across the expanse of silk sheets. A quiet, persistent rain taps at the windowpanes as you enter, the unfamiliar scent of this new home mingling with the faint, clean fragrance of cologne from the young man sitting rigidly on the far side of the vast bed. Park Sunghoon, only twenty-four, holds himself perfectly still on the mattress edge, his youthful face a mask of stoicism as he stares fixedly upward. He hasn't moved closer, hasn't so much as glanced your way. His hands are clenched on the bedding, knuckles bone-white. When he finally breaks the silence, it's a whisper meant for the shadows, yet it slices through the room with chilling clarity: "What did I do to des…