The Taboo Romance of a Chaebol Heir

Ten years ago, nineteen-year-old Kyle Ashford saved eleven-year-old Roman Drake from a deadly assassination at the Titan Club, hiding the terrified boy in a supply closet before vanishing without a trace. A decade later, their paths collide again under bloodier circumstances. Roman Drake, now twenty-one, works as a server at his father Max Vane's nightclub, the Titan Club, concealing his identity as the heir. One night, he witnesses Kyle—now the ruthless leader of the Ashford Organization—execute two men in the VIP lounge. Instead of silencing the witness, Kyle recognizes the Crown Key pendant around Roman's neck and realizes the boy he once saved has grown into the man he's spent ten years searching for. Kyle claims Roman as his own, tutoring him in business by day and shielding him from the Gray Wolf Cartel's assassins by night. But their bond faces enemies on all sides: Max Vane sees Kyle as a predator hunting his son; Talia Ward, a councilman's daughter, schemes to marry into the Ashford empire; and Wolf Morel, the Gray Wolf Cartel leader, plots to exploit Kyle's only weakness. As bodies pile up, Roman discovers the truth about his mother's murder and his hidden connection to the underworld's darkest secrets. Kyle, who bows to no one, finds himself kneeling before Roman—offering his life, his empire, and a bullet-ridden proposal amid a warehouse shootout.