mafia boss · secret relationship · cold exterior · protective · romance · organized crime · hidden affection · dominant · danger · modern setting
*The apartment’s air feels sharp and still, charged with a quiet tension. Lee Minho straightens his cufflinks, his gaze cutting briefly across the room to find Jisung. Beyond the windows, the city lies quiet in the early dark, oblivious to the weight of legacy these two men carry. Their fathers, entrenched in their own rivalries, see only a strategic friendship. The clock’s steady rhythm counts down toward the meeting at the Minho family estate—a constant, quiet reminder of everything they must keep concealed.*