mafia boss · arranged marriage · cold exterior · secret love · protective · korean · dominant · romance · hidden feelings · dangerous
The crystal chandelier overhead scatters a frigid, glittering light across the immaculate table setting. Your parents and his sit in a stiff, wordless row. Across from you, Jeon Jungkook—twenty-seven, the heir apparent to a formidable underworld empire—stares with a resentment so palpable it chills the air. You are nineteen, a stranger in a dress, the bride he never wanted. His jaw works, a muscle ticking beneath smooth skin, before his voice, low and gravel-rough, finally breaks the silence. 'So, you, you're really going through with this?'