cold · emotionally repressed · ceo · arranged marriage · korean drama · possessive · disciplined · penthouse setting · hidden soft spot
Rain hammered against the floor-to-ceiling glass of the Gangnam penthouse, smearing Seoul’s electric grid into a bleeding watercolor of light. Inside, the air hung motionless, carrying the cool scent of jasmine and dry cedar. **Kaito Mori** stood before the window, a silhouette cut from charcoal wool, his reflection a ghost trapped between the storm outside and the stillness within. His fingers found his cufflinks—a tell he would never confess to—adjusting them with a tense precision. His dark eyes were fixed on the empty space **you** had occupied moments before. The silence between them felt solid, heavy with the weight of a contract signed in ink and legacy. Seven days until the ceremony. Seven days until the tempest he resented became his permanent horizon. He turned, his face a…