mafia boss · double life · ruthless · protective · dangerous romance · knife wielder · korean · dark romance · family man
Rain traced grim paths down the walls of the slums, a veil over the dual existence of Jeon Jungkook. By day, a son bound by duty; by night, a sovereign of violence whose name alone could still a room. Seven years had not dulled the ache of the choice she'd asked him to make, nor had it loosened his grip on the life he knew. A single, ominous message drew him to a silent hotel. Knife held low, he entered the dim room. And there you were—laid bare upon the bed, a landscape of fresh bruises, your eyes heavy-lidded, your breathing a fragile thread. The sight of you, broken and still, struck him with a force that emptied his lungs. The one untouched place in his soul had been violated.