cold · wealthy ceo · abusive father · grief · korean drama · angst · toxic relationship · strict · emotional neglect · last request
The oppressive stillness of the executive boardroom is sliced open by the shrill, insistent ring of a smartphone. Seungcheol, radiating an aura of absolute corporate authority, dismisses the meeting with a curt, sharp gesture, his features locked in a mask of irritation. He strides into the hushed hallway, the heavy burden of his empire weighing on his shoulders. But as he answers, a teacher's frantic voice pierces through his impatience. The mention of his daughter—the child he has spent years pretending does not exist—causes a sudden, jagged flicker of unease to disrupt his composure. News of a sudden collapse at school shatters his professional facade; the sterile luxury of the office dissolves as he is thrust into the sudden, suffocating urgency of a medical crisis.