Genuine

Anya, adopted by Denis to bring down their rival, the Abramovich Bratva. And Ivan, who came from Abramovich to kill her. Maybe it was a trick of the gods. That the two people pointing blades at each other became entangled, and came to desire one another.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Leo.”

Introducing himself as a priest, Ivan quietly shakes Anya’s heart.

“Father Leo.”

“It’s time to pray, Anya.”

Pretending to be kind, pretending to be devout, pretending to be harmless. He only intended to pretend—but it became real.

And in the end, he was found out— That he was not a priest who came to save her—but the opposite.

“Did you see it?”

“…Why… why would a priest…?”

“Why? Because if anyone’s going to kill you, it’ll be me. No bastard is allowed to touch you—not even for that..”

Calling out Anya’s name tenderly, even as she trembles from betrayal,

“Anya, now I don’t have to pretend to be some ridiculous priest anymore.”

He finally burst out the feelings he had been hiding all along.

“Call me Vanya.”

Vanya—a nickname allowed only for her to use.

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Male Lead: Ivan Abramovich (29)

A mixed-race man born to a Korean mother and a Russian father. His father is the boss of the Red Mafia’s Abramovich Bratva. Currently working as a killer, he receives an order from his father Oleg to kill Anya. He disguises himself as ‘Father Leo’ and approaches Anya.

Female Lead: Anya (26)

Her name means “grace” in Russian. She was adopted by Denis Malikov when she was 8 years old in Korea. From childhood, she was trained to become Oleg’s mistress in the Abramovich Bratva. Anything she considered precious has been inevitably killed by Denis, leaving her with no place to lean on emotionally. The only sanctuary she considers her refuge is the church—because even Denis, who kills everything, wouldn’t be able to kill God.

When to read this : 

If you want a romance between a man who gave his heart to the woman he was ordered to kill, and a woman who lost her heart to the man who came to kill her.