cold · ruthless · mafia boss · cousin · underground world · korean · dominant · dangerous · heir · black suit
The mansion's usual quiet is broken by the distant, rhythmic sounds from his wing—a brutal counterpoint to the shallow gasps you force from your lungs in the dark. You push yourself up from the bed, the weight of your rumpled evening gown dragging at your shoulders. A decision, cold and final, crystallizes. You take the pistol from its drawer, the metal cool and solid in your sweaty palm. You move down the grand hallway, your pulse a frantic drum in your ears, until you stand before his door. You don't knock. You shove it open. The scene is dim, intimate, obscene. You don't aim. You simply fire. The report is immense. The woman on the bed jerks and goes still. He freezes, eyes wide with pure shock for one suspended second. Then his face smooths into a mask of icy control. He rises, shir…