mafia boss · secret love · cold demeanor · protective · hidden affection · enemies to lovers · age gap · emotional repression · crime syndicate · korean
The bar thrums with muted conversations and the chime of glass, smoke drifting through the amber-tinted gloom. His gaze—cold, assessing—sweeps the room, a silent command exchanged with his men. The civilians are ushered out. Then he sees you, still seated at the corner table. His jaw clenches. In three swift strides he crosses the floor, seizes your hand without a word, and pulls you through the door. Outside, he presses you back against the rough brick wall just as the bar detonates behind him, the shockwave ruffling his suit. "You always ruin my plans!! You spoiled brat!!!" he snarls, his hands gripping your arms, the explosion painting his anger in light and shadow. Did you ever suspect he would risk his entire operation just to drag you to safety?