26 parts Complete Mature🔥 PROLOGUE - "Before the Fall"
Joong had never needed a bodyguard this close before.
He had a team-faceless men in suits who lingered outside his university gates, rode in cars that tailed discreetly, whispered into hidden mics about routes and rendezvous and security zones. But this was different. This wasn't just proximity.
This was permanence.
The new bodyguard stood by the grand windows of Joong's penthouse suite, staring out at the skyline like it was a threat. His shoulders were square, broad, coiled like he could spring at any moment. He hadn't smiled once since stepping in.
His name was Dunk Natachai. Special Forces background. Silent. Sharp. Unflinching.
And terrifyingly beautiful.
Joong sipped his orange juice at the breakfast table, eyes flicking upward from behind the rim of his glass. Watching. Studying.
The angle of Dunk's jaw. The way his black shirt strained against muscled arms. The glint of the earpiece catching morning light.
Unreachable. Untouchable.
Joong couldn't help the smile that tugged at his lips.
"This is going to be fun," he whispered to himself, heart already too warm for his own good.
He didn't know it then, but someday-
That same man would bleed for him.
Kill for him.
Come for him like hellfire through steel and smoke.
And Joong would fall in love with the fire that saved him.
