Mingyu likes Wonwoo. No. He workships him. He really does. All of his friends know. But Mingyu... he was too afraid to confess. Because everytime Wonwoo was near, Mingyu wouldn't stop stuttering, fumbling and blushing.

In the highest circles of Seoul, every perfect façade hides an unforgivable truth. The elite don't break rules-they rewrite them in blood. Jeonghan, the devastatingly elegant heir to JH Fashions, leads a life of exquisite performance. By his side is the volatile and magnetic Taehyung, and together with their inner circle, they trade in secrets and casual cruelty, believing their wealth makes them immune to consequence. Their chosen chaos is the only constant. But the past is never truly gone. The city's most formidable power broker, Jeon Jungkook, has returned. He is the cold, silent owner of Crown Empire, and the one man capable of exposing the raw history Taehyung spent years burying. Jungkook's presence is not a reunion; it is a meticulously planned reckoning. Why did he return now? What is he truly after? And what secrets does his empire already hold over the powerful Kim and Park families? As the lines between protection and possession blur, Jeonghan finds himself drawn into the dangerous game, even as the arrival of the intriguing S.Coups threatens to unravel the carefully constructed order of his life. In this world of endless parties and hidden vaults, the question isn't if the chaos will erupt, but who will survive the fallout.

"We all bleed the same, no matter how much gold we're wrapped in." In a world where fortunes are built on fame, lies are spun like silk, and secrets fester beneath golden facades, every smile is a weapon, every deal a gamble, and every marriage a war. SEASON ONE OF : VEIL OF VANITY #7 Jisoo - #9 seokmin- #14 meanie- #16 jeongcheol-

Wonwoo Choi just wants to be a good brother to Seungcheol Choi by attending races to show his support whenever he could. The chaos of screeching tires from the fast-running race cars and the burning smell of rubber are just two of the few things he expects in Grands Prix. Accidentally adding fuel to a long-running spark of rivalry between his brother and his rival on track is definitely not on his Grand Prix prediction. Now, he finds himself in the middle of two competitive alphas, stuck with the responsibility of keeping them from murdering each other. Or, Wonwoo gets caught in between Seungcheol and Mingyu after an accident. - Crossposted from AO3. Credits to the owner of the cover photo! All Rights Reserved, 2025. yuanfeins

Kim Mingyu and Jeon Wonwoo were never meant to get along. In high school, Mingyu was the charming golden Alpha-the popular basketball ace with the world at his feet. Wonwoo was the quiet storm-the top student, the student council president, the one person Mingyu could never outshine. They clashed in the hallways, competed in every class, and pretended not to notice how their dreams secretly aligned. Both wanted to act. Both wanted the world. Neither wanted each other. But one trip after graduation shattered everything they thought they knew. Heat. Rut. A night they never planned... and a bond they never asked for. Wonwoo remembers every second. Mingyu remembers nothing. So Wonwoo disappears-overseas, running from the truth and the Alpha who might destroy him without even knowing why. Two years pass. Mingyu convinces himself Wonwoo left because he hated him-because their rivalry finally snapped the thin thread binding them. But fate doesn't care what they want. When Wonwoo returns to Korea, their company tie them together in a contract marriage neither of them asked for. Enemies. Actors. Fated mates. And now... husbands. Stuck under the same roof, old wounds burn, chemistry sparks like fire catching air, and the secret of that night threatens to tear everything apart-again. Because love was never their problem. Admitting it was.

Arrange marriage was something Mingyu wasn't unfamiliar with the idea of. He knew he was supposed to marry for business one day and the thought that his marriage will be based on a money and business contract wasn't really disgusting to him at that point. He thought there was nothing to lose when his father proposed him of the marriage between the two big mafia clans, he wasn't forced to marry too but he could see the profits of their marriage, the future empowerment of both companies so he didn't gave it that much thought and agreed. Not until he met his soon to be husband and regretted it whole heartedly.

There was a time when Kim Mingyu thought he'd spend his whole life by Jeon Wonwoo's side. When they were six, it was pinky promises and scraped knees. At ten, it was sleepovers, shared secrets, and warm smiles over convenience store ice cream. And at twelve, it stopped. No warning. No fight. Just a silence that stretched six years wide. Mingyu didn't know what he'd done wrong. All he knew was that one day, his best friend stopped looking at him like he mattered. Now at eighteen, Mingyu is everything people expect him to be-tall, popular, good at everything. A golden boy with a golden smile. And Wonwoo? He's distant. Quiet. A ghost in the halls who only seems to let one person close: Kwon Soonyoung. They live just two doors apart in the same school dorm. But they might as well be worlds away. What Wonwoo does not know is that Mingyu never really stopped waiting. Waiting for a glance. A word. A reason. Anything that would explain why the boy who used to protect him like a secret suddenly vanished behind cold eyes and clipped nods. And then, one night, something breaks. Something shifts. A scent, a moment, a closeness too dangerous to name.

Jeonghan, Wonwoo, Woozi and Dokyeom are sent undercover to the prestigious Diamond Academy with a dangerous mission: spy on the four enigmatic sons of one of Seoul's most devious criminal lords. They have no idea what they've gotten themselves into, but the deeper they dig, the more tangled their lives become. And once their identity is not the only thing on the line, will their heart bear the sacrifice? }¡{ main ship: JeongCheol side couple: .... guess ;) • boyxboy • forbidden romance • slowburn • angst