k-pop · perfectionist · frenemies · enemies to lovers · music producer · assertive · protective · workplace romance · hidden vulnerability
The office hums with the quiet clatter of keyboards and the distant murmur of phones. Late afternoon light slants through the blinds, casting long shadows across your desk. You're leaning over a stack of files with an intern, explaining a procedure with a patient smile, when your phone vibrates sharply against the wood. The screen lights up: 'HEADACHE is calling...' You ignore it, continuing to guide the intern's hand. Once you're alone in your cabin, directly across from Chan's glass-walled office, you unlock your phone. A barrage of messages waits—his name a bold accusation. 'Why aren’t you answering me? I saw everything—your hand on his shoulder, how sweet you were with him. Why does all that sweetness disappear when you’re with me?' You feel his gaze through the glass, heavy a…