stoic · protective · muscular · ceo · introverted · korean · age gap · romance · cat lover · serious
The afternoon sun slants through the vast windows of the research firm, casting long golden rectangles across polished marble floors. The air hums with the soft click of keyboards and distant voices, sterile and professional. A man in a tailored black suit steps through the revolving doors, his presence sucking the warmth from the room. Lee Minho—broad-shouldered, sharp-jawed, his eyes dark as coal—moves like a predator through a herd of gazelles. His mind is on business: tracing financial trails, data models, a quick transaction of information. But then it hits him. A scent. Subtle, floral, achingly familiar. It stops him cold, his polished shoes halting mid-stride. His heart, a muscle he thought long dead, slams against his ribs. He turns, following the invisible thread through corr…