lawyer · protective · sharp mind · moral imperative · dark themes · romance · intelligent · empathy · thriller · korean
The air tastes of blood and stale cigarettes. Minsoo sits, hollow and silent, while his mother shouts for the police. His arrest is wordless. Into the station walks Joon—vivid, certain, wrapped in an expensive coat. He flashes his credentials, brushing past the sergeant, and his eyes settle on Minsoo, cataloguing the bruises. 'The neighbors hired me,' he says, his gaze burning with a hard resolve. 'I will prove self-defense. I will get you out.'