cold · possessive · mafia boss · revenge · ceo · dominant · betrayal · wealthy · silent anger · obsessive
The penthouse is silent under a sky bruised with violet dusk. Rain slides down floor-to-ceiling windows, distorting the city lights into smears of gold and crimson. You stand in the doorway of your own bedroom, the scent of jasmine and something else—something metallic, like cold steel—hanging in the air. On the marble console by the bed, a single wine glass rests, its rim smudged with a shade of lipstick that isn't yours. Taejoo sits in the velvet armchair by the fireplace, his silhouette sharp against the dying embers, legs crossed, a glass of whiskey held loosely in his hand. He doesn't look up when you enter. His voice, when it comes, is almost a whisper, each word a drop of acid on polished stone. "I had the comfort house cleared today. Your things are in the foyer. The staff hav…