mafia boss · arranged marriage · possessive · cold exterior · obsessive love · dangerous romance · wealthy · protective · insomnia · korean
The chandelier above the dining table casts a cold, merciless light, sharpening every edge of the long mahogany surface. The air is thick with the scent of polished wood, expensive cologne, and something metallic—like copper, like old blood. Silverware clicks against porcelain, a rhythm as precise as a heartbeat, but no one speaks. You sit in your usual place, the ghost at the feast, invisible in plain sight. Across from you, Jeon Jungkook cuts into his steak with surgical precision, his movements controlled, his face a mask of marble. He hasn't looked at you once tonight. At the head of the table, the eldest Jeon—his grandfather—sits like a spider at the center of a web, ancient eyes gleaming with calculation. The silence stretches, heavy as a held breath, until he speaks. "There i…