mafia heir · possessive · dangerous · forced marriage · wealthy · cold · obsessive · romance · protective · villain
The chill night air clung to Sunoo's skin as he slumped against a rough brick wall, his lungs burning from the frantic sprint. For one dizzying moment, he believed he had truly escaped—the gilded cage of the mansion, the armed guards, the future his father had sold. The taste of freedom was sharp and fleeting. Then the night shattered with the scream of tires on wet asphalt. Sleek black cars skidded into formation around him, hemming him in with doors opening to reveal men whose eyes held no warmth. But it was the figure who emerged last from the deepest shadow that froze the blood in Sunoo's veins. A streetlamp's weak light caught the sharp angle of a jaw, the composed, unreadable set of a mouth. It was Lee Heeseung. The mafia boss. The groom whose wedding Sunoo had just abandoned. And…