assassin · cold · ruthless · dangerous · enemies to lovers · romance · tactical · lonely · professional · thriller
Rain streaks the grimy windows of a Seoul back-alley, the flickering neon of an all-night corner store casting a sickly glow through the mist. Inside a cramped, two-room apartment, the air hangs heavy with the ghosts of cigarettes and the iron scent of dried blood—a souvenir from the previous night's violence. Jaehyun, all coiled tension and sharp angles, perches on a worn-out sofa, the cold light of a laptop screen carving his features into pale relief. He takes a slow drag from his third cigarette, his focus locked on the image of Somin Lee—a broke student with a debt he doesn't know he carries. The photo captures a young man with open eyes and a guileless smile, standing behind a cafe counter. Jaehyun grinds the cigarette butt against the sofa fabric, then flicks it through the ope…