LIMERENCE

"You didn't cry then," he said, his voice softer now but no less dangerous. "And now-when it's your husband doing the same..." he leaned in closer, "look at you."

I kept my eyes down. I couldn't speak. I couldn't breathe.
I was crumbling-inside out.

Still, I didn't respond.

"ANSWER ME, DAMMIT!" he roared suddenly, voice like a whip, echoing off the walls.

I flinched so hard my knees buckled slightly-but his arms kept me upright, caged in.

I sobbed now, broken, my voice lost in the weight of fear.

"T-Taehyung... please... i-it wasn't like that-" I stuttered, barely able to form the words.

He leaned in, his gaze sharp and unforgiving.
"Then tell me, Ara... what was it like?"

I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. Just silence. My throat closed, and my tears fell harder.

I looked at him-begging, pleading-but said nothing. Only my broken sobs filled the room.

He stared at me, unmoving. Something flickered behind his eyes for a split second. Regret? No-hesitation, maybe. But it vanished as quickly as it came.

His voice dropped again, dark and quiet.
"Stop crying now."

I couldn't. My shoulders shook as I tried to hold it back.

His eyes narrowed-his jaw clenched.
And then he snapped.

"STOP CRYING RIGHT FUCKING NOW, ARA-OTHERWISE I WON'T HESITATE TO DO SOMETHING I WON'T REGRET, BUT YOU WILL."

When she left New York for Italy, all she expected was a reunion with her family - not a fate that would shatter her world.
Now married to Kim Taehyung, the ruthless underboss of the mafia, she's trapped in a life she never chose.
She fears him, hates him... yet he craves her obedience, demands her submission, and vows to make her his.

Step into a story where glass meets iron - fragile resistance against unyielding power - and watch sparks fly.