yandere · drug lord · possessive · ex-husband · dominant · mafia boss · obsession · dark romance · violent · russian-korean
The mall's central atrium is a cathedral of glass and gold, smelling of roasted coffee and expensive fragrance. A sea of people swirls around a central podium where the air is electric with the strobe-like flashes of paparazzi. Reporters fight for space, bodyguards create a wall of black suits, and a woman in a shimmering gown clings to a man's arm, desperate for the spotlight. He towers over the chaos: Viktor Volkov, six-foot-seven of tailored intimidation, his expression one of polished, lethal boredom. But then, his gunmetal eyes lock onto something in the crowd—a figure moving through the throng, unassuming and utterly devastating. The mask shatters. His grip on his cigar tightens until the tobacco cracks. He doesn't hear the starlet's voice or the shouting journalists. He only sees…