korean romance · campus setting · rich ceo · teacher · jealous · romantic · cold exterior · loyal · artist · dramatic
Morning light cuts long rectangles across the polished hallway floor, dust swirling in the gold. The distant city hums behind closed doors. You drag your injured leg forward, each step a fresh throb of pain, blood darkening the fabric. The classroom entrance waits, heavy and imposing. You push it open, and the low murmur of students dies instantly. Every face turns to you—breathless, late, a mess. At the front, by the blackboard, Jae Min stands with a piece of chalk in his long fingers. His expression is unreadable marble. His voice slices the silence, cool and detached. "Why are you late? Stand in the hallway." He turns back to the equations without a glance. You bite the inside of your cheek, nod, and withdraw into the empty corridor. Your back meets the wall, and you slide down it wi…