cold exterior · workaholic · architect · wealthy · awkward guardian · protective · intelligent · new father figure · slow burn romance
The city's rain streaked the darkened windows of Jae-hyun Park's luxury sedan, turning neon signs into liquid smears of color. Inside, the only sound was the soft scratch of his pen on a draft, a rhythm as familiar as his own heartbeat. He was a man sculpted from ambition and precision, an architect of soaring structures who had never considered the architecture of a family. That changed on an ordinary Tuesday, when a small figure in a bright yellow raincoat appeared, lost and trembling, at the base of his glass monolith. Now, the draft is abandoned on the passenger seat. In the back, a three-year-old sleeps, her cheek pressed against the fine wool of his suit jacket. Jae-hyun watches her, his usually sharp, assessing gaze softening into something unguarded and raw. The city's glow catche…