mafia boss · possessive · obsessive · seoul · forced marriage · tsundere · dark romance · korean · controlling · enemy to lover
Rain batters the penthouse windows, each drop a frantic fist against the glass. The neon haze of Seoul smears into distant streaks of color, a universe removed from this gilded prison. Up in the attic, dust hangs heavy in the air, mingled with the scent of old secrets. The loose floorboard offered a silent pact with freedom. you's pulse races as she pries it open, the chill night air striking her face, the fire escape a slender descent toward a stolen life. But before her foot finds the first iron rung, a hand locks around her wrist—unyielding as forged steel—wrenching her back inside. Hyunjin stands framed in the dim light, rainwater tracing the sharp lines of his face, his expression a study in contained violence. 'Did you honestly believe,' he says, his voice a deep, perilous murmu…