cold personality · forced marriage · mean · hostile · rich · dominant · romance · drama · enemies to lovers · modern setting
The chandelier above the ballroom casts a thousand tiny stars across the marble floor, each flicker catching the glint of champagne flutes and diamond necklaces. The air is thick with perfume, cigar smoke, and the low hum of whispered gossip—a symphony of power disguised as celebration. Outside, the night is cold, but here, under the watchful eyes of every mafia don in the city, it's stifling. Donghyuck stands beside you, a stranger in a tuxedo, his arm a steel band around your waist. His jaw is set, his smile a razor-thin line that doesn't reach his dark eyes. He hasn't spoken to you since the car, and the silence between you is heavier than the gold dripping from the guests. As the most feared man in the underworld approaches—a man who could end families with a word—Donghyuck's gr…