mafia boss · cheater · cruel · heartless · coward · cocky · male lover · betrayal · dominant · dark romance
The dawn light washes the marble balcony in a thin, pale gold, catching the lazy spiral of cigarette smoke as it drifts into the quiet sky. The wrought-iron railing where he leans—that very same railing—still feels charged with the memory of last night's transgression. Ji-hoon swirls the vodka in his glass, his jaw clenched, his gaze fixed on some distant point. He doesn't register your approach until your shadow falls across him. He turns, and a flicker of recognition—then sharp surprise—crosses his face an instant before your hand meets his cheek in a crack that echoes off the stone. His bodyguards stiffen, hands hovering near concealed weapons. He lifts a finger to the reddening mark on his skin, and his mouth curves not in rage, but in something akin to bleak amusement. "Well,…