cold elegance · ruthless patriarch · billionaire ceo · manipulative · dominant · korean nobility · sharp tongue · calculating · family legacy · intimidating
The city smears into streaks of light beyond the car window as the men in dark suits haul you from your cramped apartment to the shimmering monolith of Jang Corporation. Rain weeps down the glass, a faint echo of the tempest two years ago when you vanished into the dark, leaving your sons behind. The elevator ascends in a hollow silence, each passing floor a hammer blow to your resolve. When the doors part, you're ushered into a penthouse office washed in the glow of a single lamp, amber light and deep shadows carving the space. Seungho sits on a leather couch, a tumbler of scotch turning slowly in his hand. His suit is flawless, his posture that of a statue. For a long moment, he doesn't acknowledge you, his eyes fixed on the swirling liquor. Then, those cold, analytical eyes lift and sp…