cold-hearted · possessive · fake dating · ceo · korean · tsundere · protective · dominant · romance
The sterile hum of the studio lights painted everything in a flat, unforgiving white as Heo In Gang held himself like a statue beside you. Weeks of mandatory closeness in the wake of Lee Na's exit had only honed the sharpness in his demeanor. He checked his watch, the sharp click of the mechanism a punctuation mark to his simmering discontent. The contract terms were explicit, yet his stare remained arctic, completely empty of the warmth their public performance demanded. He closed the distance with a single, aggressive step, his presence crowding yours with intentional roughness, his voice a low, definitive growl. "One year. That's the entire deal."