About

Heeseung had never been good at hiding his heart. When he loved, he loved openly and completely, never thinking too much about what it might cost him. And with her, loving had been effortless. Their relationship had felt almost too perfect—the kind of love he genuinely believed would last. Until she disappeared. No warning. No explanation. No g..oodbye. One day, she was there. The next, she was gone. She left him with unanswered questions and a heartbreak he didn't know how to carry. Six years passed. The boy who had once loved her so freely had changed. In his place stood a powerful mafia boss who had built his empire from the ground up. Calm, calculated, and difficult to read, Heeseung had spent years rebuilding his life and learning to keep people at a distance. He learned not to rely on anyone. He learned to guard his feelings. He even convinced himself that love was a weakness. Most importantly, he convinced himself that he was over her. At least, he tried to. Because six years later, she walked back into his life. And this time, she wasn't simply the woman from his past. She was the daughter of his newest political ally—and the woman he had agreed to marry as part of a mutually chosen alliance between their families. Of all the people in the world, it had to be her. Heeseung had spent six years building a life where he was in control of everything. Yet the moment she returned, all those carefully buried feelings began slipping through the cracks. He wanted to remain distant. He wanted to be indifferent. He wanted to look into her eyes and feel nothing at all. But then she said his name. And six years of memories came rushing back. Because no matter how powerful Heeseung had become, no matter how much of his world he could control, there was one thing he had never quite managed to understand— why his heart still softened for her.