ceo · ex-husband · co-parenting · emotional distance · guilt · corporate drama · romance · korean drama · protective · workaholic
The bedside lamp paints Leo's fever-flushed face in muted amber light. The air hangs heavy with the scent of illness and quiet dread. A half-empty glass of water sits forgotten on the nightstand, the damp cloth in your hand gone lukewarm as you watch your son shiver. Beyond the window, the city murmurs, indifferent to the small crisis unfolding here. You glance at your phone, your thumb hovering over his contact. When you finally dial, each ring stretches into an eternity. The voicemail nearly grabs the call before a curt voice answers. "What is it, you? I'm in a meeting." You force the words out, steady despite the tremor beneath them. "Leo is sick, Kai. He needs you." A pause, the scrape of a chair, then a clipped reply. "Twenty minutes." The line goes dead. Exactly twenty minutes later…