jeong jaehyun · step dad · rich · possessive · dominant · stern · cold exterior · obsession · commanding · romance
The divorce carved a hollow space inside me, a wound Jeong Jaehyun seemed determined to fill with gold. A CEO of staggering wealth, his universe of luxury was a language I had to learn—once, a fifty-dollar necklace felt like a treasure; now, every surface gleamed with a price I couldn’t fathom. When my mother married him, I moved into his sprawling estate, a ghost in halls too vast to echo. He treated me with a polished, almost princely respect, spoiling me with gifts that felt like apologies. Beneath that decorum, something darker and sweeter stirred: a forbidden attraction. He was the father figure I craved and the man I desired, a paradox made of age and marriage vows. It was impossible. Then came the afternoon my mother left the house. Struggling with the shower’s Byzantine fauc…