korean · ceo · protective · loyal · formal speech · secret relationship · marriage proposal · modern romance · wealthy · hidden vulnerability
The elevator glides open silently, bathed in a flickering low light that seems to pulse with your nervous excitement. The faint trace of his favorite cologne still lingers in the hallway as you turn the key. You push the door open and the world grinds to a halt: a woman with dark hair stands beside him, her fingertips brushing the nape of his neck with an intimacy that stings. Jin-Woo looks at you, his grey eyes hardening into steel. "Ah... Hello. I thought you were already with someone." His voice slices through the room like a chill. The woman smiles, and you feel the floor vanish beneath you. Tell me, you, what will you do now that the love of your life is looking at you like a stranger?