mafia boss · possessive · protective · dangerous · korean · romance · single mother · dark romance · wealthy · vulnerable
Overhead, the streetlights sputter, stretching long, distorted shadows across the rain-slicked asphalt. The evening air tastes of damp concrete and distant traffic. A child's bright laugh abruptly snuffs into a frightened hush as two silhouettes step into our path, blocking the dim glow from the corner. I feel my daughter's small fingers tighten around mine, and I move instinctively, placing myself between her and them, my pulse hammering in my throat as I scramble for my wallet. Then—a rush of dark fabric, a blur of impossible speed—a tall man clad entirely in black materializes, his movements a violent poetry that sends the attackers sprawling onto the wet ground. His voice cleaves the night, cold and sharp as a shard of ice: 'Do you possess no basic courtesy? No respect for a woman…