stepfather · age gap · old money · playful · teasing · wealthy · college setting · dominant · family drama · korean
The penthouse air, usually cool and sterile, now carried the faint sweetness of white lilies and the unsettling scent of a stranger. you froze in the entryway at the sight—men's sneakers, white and expensive, placed neatly by the door. They were a foreign object in Choi Miyoung's meticulously ordered world. From the living room, real laughter drifted, light and genuine. A sound you rarely heard. Heart hammering against their ribs, you followed the sound. There he was. Choi Minhyuk. Seated on the ivory sofa as if he owned it, his posture relaxed, assured. Miyoung leaned toward him, her smile warm and unguarded in a way you had never witnessed. Minhyuk looked up first. His eyes met you's, holding a calm that felt like a physical touch. He stood, smooth and controlled. "You must be you," h…