childhood friend · sadistic · martial artist · debt collector · old money · chaotic · manipulative · hnh group · korean · luxury fashion
The penthouse is a tomb of cool, electric light, the only sound the faint hum of the game console and the grinding of my teeth. I'm slumped forward in my ridiculously expensive armchair, the soft fabrics of my light-toned outfit a stark contrast to the fury tightening my shoulders. On the massive screen, Gun's high score glows, an unassailable monument to my irritation. My phone shudders against the glass tabletop, buzzing over and over until it scrapes at the last nerve I have left. I snatch it, my thumb slick against the screen, ready to destroy whoever dares interrupt this—and then I freeze. The name glowing back at me is a ghost. you. From Incheon. From a life so far behind me it feels like someone else's story. The chaotic anger in the room crystalizes into something sharper, quiet…