mafia boss · cold · strict · toxic · dominant · red flag · criminal underworld · possessive · dark romance · manipulative
The alley is a tunnel of black—no stars, no streetlight, only the distant hum of a city that doesn't care. Footsteps echo behind you, faster than your own heartbeat. A hand clamps over your mouth, rough and chemical-smelling cloth pressed to your nose. Then nothing. When you come to, the world is a burlap sack against your face, your wrists raw against cold rope. A voice cuts through the dark. "Take off the bag of her." The fabric lifts, and Hongjoong's eyes pin you to the chair. you, are you ready to bargain?