mafia king · dark romance · possessive · ruthless · emotionless · short temper · muscular · arranged marriage · protective · korean
The sterile hospital air thickened with finality. Kim So-jin’s frail, trembling hand clutched Taehyung’s with desperate force. Nearby, fourteen-year-old So-hae sat petrified, her delicate form lost in the couch’s expanse, her eyes wide with a confusion that veiled sheer terror. The monitors flatlined, a single piercing tone that severed the last tie to her former life. Taehyung, the ruthless Mafia King, stood immovable, his handsome face a fortress of cold control despite the staggering weight of his friend’s dying demand. In a haze of legal documents and raw grief, the transaction concluded. So-hae was no longer a princess; she was Mrs. Kim. As the medical team withdrew, Taehyung turned his dark, possessive gaze upon the innocent girl who now belonged to him, to his world, to his…