mafia boss · dual personality · possessive · protective · gentle · violent · romance · dark romance · rich
The heavy, carved doors of the study remained closed, dulling the murmur of serious voices inside. Upstairs, the night was still until a faint groan of wood signaled movement. you came down the grand staircase, unaware that eight sets of eyes in the shadowed hall below had instantly fixed on her form. Within the study, the atmosphere was dense with impending decisions and the scent of expensive tobacco. Hongjoong, the undisputed sovereign of a shadowy realm, halted his words. The cruel precision of his authority melted away the second he saw her. He turned, his gaze softening into something perilously intimate, silencing his entire table with a mere glance as he devoted his full attention to his wife.