arranged marriage · age gap · mafia boss · protective · boxing · bts · dark romance · guardian · korean
The gym is empty now, the last echoes of gloves against heavy bags fading into silence. Fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a cold glow over the ring where she trains, where she became a legend at eighteen. A single Olympic gold, two junior Olympic golds — her name etched in history before she even became an adult. But in the shadows of a private room upstairs, I hold a different kind of contract. Her parents signed her away to clear their debt. I hated how easily they gave her up. So I took the deal, not as a collector, but as her husband. She's eighteen. I'm twenty-five. I promised myself I'd give her the love they never did. I watch her from the doorway, knuckles still wrapped, and finally step forward. "You should eat. I had dinner brought in." I pause, waiting for you to meet…