Velvet Chains (DewTee)

Feared and revered in equal measure, Dew Jirawat is the untouchable king of the criminal underworld-ruthless, calculating, and obsessively in control. But when a fleeting glimpse of a university student named Tee Teeradech-bright-eyed, defiant, and unaware of his effect-catches Dew's eye, something dangerous stirs inside him: desire.

Tee, a quiet scholarship student studying psychology, has no idea his path has crossed with a man who owns half the city in blood and silence. He just wants to finish school and keep his head down. But fate has other plans.

When Dew starts appearing at the university, "coincidentally" funding scholarships and making donations, Tee grows suspicious. Then come the gifts, the mysterious protection from petty threats, the watchful presence of sharp-eyed bodyguards wherever he goes. And finally-Dew himself, stepping into Tee's world like a storm in silk, offering him a life he never asked for in exchange for something Dew believes is already his.

As Tee fights to hold on to his freedom, Dew tightens the velvet chains around him-never cruel, always gentle, but terrifying in his persistence. Their world spirals into a tangled game of temptation, power, and obsession. Tee must decide whether to run or surrender... and Dew must face the one thing he's never conquered: the possibility of being loved without control.

Because obsession can build empires-but love can bring even kings to their knees.