Chapter 1

After the mafia Don brutally murdered my only love, I began my pursuit of his daughter.

For three years, I played the part of her devoted simp to perfection. Everyone in our circle knew I was crazy about Serena Vance. They knew I would gladly throw away my life for her.

Finally, Serena agreed to marry me. And I, at long last, secured the complete trust of her father, the Don.

Everyone started calling me the Underboss. They all believed that once Serena inherited the throne, I would take her father’s place and become the new ruler of the Vance family empire.

Until our wedding day.

Kai, her first love who had been missing for five years, showed up covered in blood, hunted by rivals. In the heat of the moment, to protect him, Serena pushed me directly into the line of fire.

And I gladly took the bullet for them.

It was only after Kai betrayed her that Serena realized how colossally she had messed up.

She knelt by my hospital bed, weeping, begging me to wake up. She cried, telling me she loved me.

But the truth is... I don't love her.

From the very beginning, my only reason for getting close to her was to utterly destroy her.