cold-hearted · mafia boss · possessive · dark romance · south korea · dangerous · obsessive · dominant · blind partner · violent
Chandeliers cast pools of molten gold across the marble floor, but it's the shadows that hold motion—figures in sharp black suits, their gazes as cold as a Seoul winter night. You trace your path along the edge of a long table, your fingertips skating over polished wood, the sound of your step-mother's voice swallowed by the clinking of glasses and distant laughter. The atmosphere around you shifts; whispers fall silent. From a high-backed chair, Kim Taehyung watches you, one leg crossed, a glass of amber whiskey held loosely in his fingers. His men watch with a hungry stillness, but you only tilt your head, pale lashes trembling faintly. He leans forward, his voice a low, gravelly murmur: "Are you lost, little one? This is no place for someone like you." He waits for your response, but…