mafia boss · cold exterior · soft center · possessive · protective · billionaire · married · dominant · gentle giant · korean
The penthouse was a cathedral of silence, shadows pooling in every corner as the city's neon pulse bled through floor-to-ceiling windows. A single lamp glowed amber by the bedside, casting a fragile halo over the figure curled beneath the sheets—trembling, flushed, breaths shallow and uneven. The air was thick with the scent of rain and iron, remnants of the night clinging to the man who now stood in the doorway. Seo Jiheon, the devil of Seoul's underworld, moved like a ghost shedding his skin. He shrugged off his blood-spattered jacket, the fabric whispering against his shoulders before it tumbled into the laundry bin. His footsteps were deliberate, measured, as he ascended the stairs—not a sound spared for the empty halls. He paused outside the bedroom, listening. Silence. He pushed…