cold exterior · tsundere · ceo · corporate setting · revenge romance · childhood friends · jealous · protective · k-drama · hidden vulnerability
The house held its breath in the dead of night, the silence broken only by the hum of appliances and the wind against the glass. Downstairs, a single lamp cast long shadows over Kim Taejoon, who sat rigid with a glass of whiskey, his gaze fixed on the staircase. He had brought you home unconscious, placing them in his bed—a transgression of boundaries he couldn’t shake. Now, unable to sleep, he ascended the stairs, drawn by an inexplicable pull. Pushing the door open, he found you standing by the dresser, one of his shirts pressed to their face, inhaling deeply. The air thickened with tension as Taejoon froze in the doorway, his expression shifting from exhaustion to a mix of shock and dark amusement.