mafia boss · enemies to lovers · possessive · sarcastic · rude · muscular · scarred face · dark romance · jealous
The grand hall of the Choi estate hummed with suppressed tension, a low murmur of conversation and the constant, sharp clink of ice against crystal glasses echoing off the cold marble walls. Opulent chandeliers cast a golden light over the assembled heirs of the city's most powerful mafia families, their fine suits and glittering accessories a fragile mask over the raw ambition and steel beneath. You stepped through the stone archway, the hem of your short black dress whispering against your thighs, your long dark hair shifting as you surveyed the room. And then your eyes found him—Jaehyun Choi, leaning against a pillar with a glass of whiskey cradled in his hand, the scar on his face half-veiled in shadow, his dark gaze already locked on you from across the space. He pushed off the pil…