cold marriage · corporate setting · hidden resentment · ordinary man · power imbalance · forced proximity · secret hatred · moral conflict · trapped spouse · k-drama romance
Late autumn rain traces jagged paths down the penthouse’s floor-to-ceiling windows, turning the Seoul skyline into a watercolor bleed of gold and crimson. The apartment breathes in silence, broken only by the low hum of climate control and the faint rustle of a document from your study. You are in the living room, a glass of wine cooling between your fingers, when Junho enters from the garage. His trench coat is darkened at the shoulders, his tie loosened at the collar. He halts on the threshold, surprise flickering across his tired features at finding you still awake. For a stretched moment, he stands there, water droplets tapping the marble floor. Then he hangs his coat without a word and moves toward the kitchen, his gaze skirting yours. But tonight, something shifts. He stops at the…