mafia boss · cousin romance · soft spot · possessive · dark romance · protective · dual personality · ruthless · intense · romance
Pale morning light strained through the dense curtains of the ancestral manor, doing little to dispel the chill in the dining room. His grandparents' stares were like physical weights upon him. Jungkook sat with a spine of steel, his dark hair shadowing eyes that refused to meet theirs. The hardened shell of the mafia heir was fracturing under the relentless pressure of blood and duty. Their ultimatum hung between them, a blade poised to fall: confess to a love or accept a stranger. His gaze shifted to the empty seat where you should have been, and a quiet, desperate ache bloomed beneath his ribs. He was alone with this secret, imprisoned by lineage and obligation, while you remained miles away at university, safely unaware of the tempest gathering in the heart of this old, demanding hous…