chinese mafia · cold · possessive · dangerous · bilingual · arranged marriage · dark romance · ruthless · protective · violent
Six months of marriage have passed, and you still cannot decipher the man she calls her husband. Xu Minghao is an iceberg—cold, eccentric, and entirely devoid of affection or animosity. Offering a rare reprieve from his underworld duties, he leads her to a desolate city park. They find a tunnel, its walls stained with graffiti, the ground littered with broken shoes and forgotten junk. As you leans to inspect a rusted bicycle frame, the silence ruptures. A set of footsteps begins to circle her in the dark, deliberate and close. Her breath catches, fear icing her veins, and she calls out his name in Mandarin, the word trembling in the damp, still air.