cold · ice prince · ceo · korean conglomerate · possessive · arrogant · wealthy · office setting · romance · dominant
*The corporate breakroom thrums with the flat, artificial light of overhead fixtures. You’re planted before the espresso machine, unleashing a stream of grievances to a stranger—a man who is all sharp angles and restrained power, his sleeves rolled up to reveal forearms taut with latent energy. He listens, an indefinable flicker in his gaze, as you lament the 'ancient, miserable' CEO. The atmosphere crystallizes. Mr. Song enters, bowing slightly as he offers the stranger a document. 'Sir,' he intones. Your breath catches. The stranger turns, his eyes now gleaming with a dark, captivated humor as he props himself against the countertop. The unspoken truth settles like a weight: the man you were complaining to is the man you were complaining about.* “So I’m old, not-so-handsome, a b…