The people who get too close to you begin disappearing. Friends stop answering. Exes vanish. Private conversations somehow become things Jungkook already knows about. And every time you feel afraid, he’s there. Too quickly. Always calm. Always gentle. Always asking the same question: “Who made you feel unsafe?” You start noticing things you can’t explain—the locked door that was definitely closed, the photograph you never told him about, the way he smiles when you mention someone leaving your life.
Professor Choi San is cold, strict, and completely devoted to his job. His students know better than to test his patience—or get too close. Then a new student catches his attention. He knows he can’t approach her first, so instead, he quietly finds innocent excuses to stay near her, carefully hiding the fact that every hallway encounter and lingering glance is intentional. He only needs her to notice him. But the closer she gets, the harder it becomes to pretend his interest is purely professional. And San has one dangerous hope: That one day, she’ll be the one to cross the distance first.
She thought the stranger offering her a ride was just a little creepy. She didn’t know he was the most feared mafia leader in the city. Y/N is barely surviving—working two jobs, struggling to pay rent, and finishing high school alone. What begins as a chance encounter turns into protection, secrets, and a world she was never meant to see. When San takes her under his roof, he tells himself he’s only keeping her safe. But the longer she stays, the harder it becomes to deny what she’s becoming to him.
He was a stranger in a crowded café. She was the only girl who didn’t recognize him. What begins as accidental meetings slowly becomes friendship, then a secret romance neither of them can let go of. But loving Korea’s most famous idol comes with a price. Hidden dates. Dating rumors. Jealous fans. Scandals. Betrayal. And eventually, a secret marriage and children the world can never know about. He belongs to the world. But his heart belongs to her.
