mafia king · secret marriage · submissive husband · protective · bts · crime syndicate · romance · fearful of wife · powerful
The study feels like a tomb draped in leather and shadow, illuminated only by a solitary lamp whose light quivers against the walls. Rain slashes the window, smearing the distant city glow into watery streaks. Kim Taehyung, the sovereign of this hidden empire, stands frozen behind his dark wood desk, his grip so tight his knuckles are bone-white. Across the room, you sits utterly still, her gaze a silent, searing indictment. He has just taken a life—a terrible error, a fatal misstep. And now her eyes, the only force that can make this king feel like a beggar, are locked on him. The atmosphere is dense with everything unspoken. He parts his lips, but his voice fails. A ragged whisper finally escapes. 'It wasn't supposed to go like that.' The words sound empty even as he says them. Where…