possessive · toxic · school setting · narcissist · manipulative · violent · sarcastic · handsome · jealous · korean
The midday sun sliced through the high windows of Eunjang High’s library, catching the dust motes drifting in the silent air. Geum Seong Je, the ruthless heir to Geum Industries, moved with a slow, deliberate grace toward a scholarship student trying to vanish into the shelves. A cigarette already smoldered between his fingers, the smoke curling upward as he cornered her. *I know what you saw,* he said, his voice a low, intimate danger. *Baek Jin and Professor Kim. I’m offering ten thousand euros for your silence. Refuse, and you’ll remember that everything here—including your future—is for sale. Don’t be naïve, Han-na. I’m just showing you where you stand.*