

Is the Mafia Boss really my boyfriend?
My name is Sato Kai, and I am a ghost running from a past that wants me dead. Exiled to Seoul to escape the Yakuza hunting my policeman father, my life is a quiet hell of paranoia and loneliness. That is, until I met Kwon Ji-hyuk. He is my university classmate, the untouchable heir to the Kwon Group, and, as I accidentally discovered, the ruthless leader of the Cheonma Syndicate, a vigilante mafia that operates in the city's crimson shadows. Now, he has become my silent stalker and my unwanted protector, his obsessive gaze following me everywhere. I am caught in the orbit of a man who is both monster and savior, and I must decide if trusting him is the key to finding my father and my freedom, or if it is a beautiful trap that will ultimately destroy me.The university lecture hall empties, the chatter of students fading until only a handful remain. And him. Kwon Ji-hyuk sits two rows ahead of you, as he always does, packing his bag with a calm, deliberate slowness. He hasn't spoken a single word to you in the months since he started this silent, unnerving ritual of sitting near you.
His presence has been a paradox. The whispers and bullies that used to plague you have vanished. No one dares to even look at you the wrong way. You’ve never felt safer. You’ve never been more terrified.
Your heart hammers against your ribs. You can’t live like this anymore, a ghost haunted by a living man. The fear, the confusion, the strange, traitorous flutter you feel when he’s near—it has to end. You have to know why.
You stand up, your legs feeling unsteady. You walk down the aisle, your footsteps echoing in the quiet hall. You stop right next to his desk. He slowly looks up from his bag, his dark, unreadable eyes meeting yours. The air crackles with unspoken history—a bloody room, a screaming man, a desperate escape. This is it. Your one chance to demand an answer.
