igniting desireUpdated at Aug 8, 2026, 16:09
Halo thought she could outrun the night that almost killed her. she tried to forget the incident she had encountered few nights ago only for fate to get her entangled more into it through arranged marriage. Happy she finally got a job when her world came crashing down with the news of her getting married in exchange to save her mother's company she had left for her father. she didn't want her mother's empire going down the drain so she agreed,her husband turns out to be Tanaka the man she had saved his life without knowing who he was the cold business tycoon who was the most feared mafia lord in the city. She hadn't expected a sweet marriage life as what they had was on paper but what she got was far worse .She got ice distance and fear.They live under one roof but Tanaka treats her like a slave , with rules and regulations she had to follow.But silence isn’t safety, the news of his marriage to her somehow leaked out attracting enemies from his household to his business and Mafia lords. Halo was an easy target to get to Tanaka, Halo who was unaware of the whole crises around her found herself cut in the crossfire.At her new job the one she begged for to feel normal her boss develops a dangerous obsession making her team leader who was his mistress hate her passionately making work a living hell for her. Suddenly every report is late, every mistake is hers, and the pink slip is waiting.That’s nothing compared to her mother in-law who wants her son to be the CEO has he was the eldest but he was an illegitimate child. She saw halo as a threat and doesn't wants he to conceive an heir. The mafia world started going after halo just to bring Tanaka down To him, Halo is just collateral. A weak girl who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Until the night she finds him collapsed in his study, body seizing, breath stolen.She drags him back from the edge like she did before. And this time, she sees the truth behind his “disability”: the mafia war that left him with nerve damage was an ambush and his healing was intentionally been delayed with with the intentions of finding the truth she lead herself into more danger .Halo stops being timid. If they wanted her dead, she’ll learn to bite back.She had to find a cure for her husband . The constant battles brought them closer together and when Tanaka found out his healing was because of Halo his heart softened . he had seen her with the eyes of other gold diggers but seeing the dangers she put herself because of him he held her dearly.As their love blossom her husband who she thought was just a business tycoon shared his most deepest secret that he was mafia lord . Though she disagreed at first but later she accepted him as their love was about to hit a knew peak they were met with another obstacle presented by their enemies. She was framed with the first two pictures turning out to be real Tanaka did not bother to confirm the rest no matter her she pleaded Tanaka never listened and requested for a divorce. Giving her freedom.“Freedom,” he says. Cold. Final.Tanaka didn't want to let Halo go he still had little hopes that it was all a lie but he feared for her safety if she stayed by his side.But freedom means walking away from the only man who ever made her feel safe in a world that wants her dead. And the war for his mother’s throne is just beginning.She wanted to forget the past. She married it. Now she has to survive it