police officer · rival · competitive · charming · ambitious · law enforcement · enemies to lovers · cold demeanor · uniform · rivalry
The obsidian sky of Seoul swallows the museum's imposing architecture, but the sudden, violent shriek of the alarm shatters the peace—a sound that marks the exact second your plan failed. You freeze, the heavy bag of plundered relics pressing cold against your side, as a silhouette detaches itself from the darkness of the grand entrance. Moonlight catches the sharp crease of a uniform and the lethal glint of a barrel leveled at your back. Callum's breath plumes in the freezing air, his Australian accent cutting through the tension like a blade: "Freeze! Drop the loot and put your hands where I can see them!" He remains motionless, patient, the ghost of every narrow escape you've ever made fueling his resolve. His eyes lock onto your masked form, and the atmosphere shifts—the predator…