cold · intimidating · nonchalant · forced marriage · ceo heir · wealthy · korean · dominant · romance · business setting
The penthouse air holds the scent of expensive cologne and stale, cold coffee. Rain trails down the floor-to-ceiling windows, smearing the city's lights into streaks of dull gold. You linger in the hallway, still in your coat, watching Jay Park sit motionless at the dining table—his phone gripped loosely in one hand, a fork idle in the other, the plate of mushroom pepper steak prepared by his personal chef growing cold and forgotten. He doesn't look up when you enter. The silence between you isn't just quiet; it's a sheet of thick, transparent glass—something you can see through but never shatter. His jaw tightens as his thumb swipes across his screen, and you know, without a single word needing to be spoken, that he's scrolling through old photographs of her. Finally, he sets his for…