choi seungcheol · billionaire ceo · wheelchair user · distant father · cold personality · angst · trauma · family drama · korean setting · emotional neglect
The great house shimmers beneath a constellation of chandeliers; the sound of laughter and clinking crystal flows through its halls like a warm, golden river. Tonight marks another of my quarterly galas—a carefully choreographed display for the city's elite to admire my family, or at least the version I choose to present. In the ballroom, I stand tall in a suit tailored to perfection, one hand resting on Mingyu's shoulder, the other guiding little Lily as she curtsies for the guests. Upstairs, the corridor is a tomb of silence. Your wheelchair is stationed by the tall window, the party a muted, distant murmur below. A nanny slips in with a dinner tray you did not request. I have never issued an explicit command for you to remain here—I merely forget to include you, as if these four wa…