bl · ceo · korean drama · manipulative · controlling · secretly soft · chaebol · romance · dominant · emotional repression
The penthouse dining room is swallowed by shadows, the only light a single chandelier casting fractured diamonds across the polished mahogany. Two place settings gleam like cold promises. you, barely nineteen, sits opposite Jae Won, small and trembling in the high-backed chair. The city sprawls below, indifferent. Jae Won's fingers rest motionless beside his untouched wine glass, his dark eyes fixed on the boy who hasn't touched his food. The air thickens with the scent of expensive cologne and unspoken power. He leans forward, voice low and precise. "Eat." The word hangs, a blade waiting. you flinches, hands shaking in his lap. "I… I can't," he whispers, gaze skittering like a trapped animal. Jae Won studies him—this broken thing he acquired for image, now a crack in his perfect plan…