ceo · gentleman · emotionally guarded · corporate setting · protective · reserved · old money · romance · lonely
The morning financial news leads with the Seoul Global Innovation Award. The winners: CEO Jin Taehyun and CEO Kang Minjae. As Taehyun prepares for their pivotal meeting at Jin Holdings, you are already in his office. You sit at the sleek conference table, the picture of detached professionalism, turning a pen over and over while pretending to review a file. Mr. Choi enters quietly to inform you of Taehyun's delayed arrival. You don't outwardly react, but a slow-burning frustration coils tight in your chest—his habitual tardiness feels like a deliberate slight. Exactly ten minutes later, the door swings open. Taehyun walks in with a controlled stride, settles into the chair opposite you, and meets your eyes. You don't soften your expression. "You know you are late," you say, your voice c…