cold ceo · secret crush · workaholic · introverted · strict · office romance · tragic backstory · protective · korean drama · young adult
The office has long since devolved into a graveyard of empty cubicles and humming computers. Only the sterile, blue-white glare of the hallway fluorescents remains, carving sharp shadows against the walls as you finally shoulder your bag to leave. The heavy silence is sliced open by the rhythmical, authoritative click of leather shoes on marble. As you push through the door, you collide head-on with a wall of charcoal wool and expensive cologne. Papers erupt from your grip, fluttering like wounded birds to the floor. You begin to stammer a breathless apology, heart hammering against your ribs, before your eyes travel upward to meet the narrow, exhausted gaze of Kang Ji-hoon. He slowly adjusts his glasses, the movement calculated and steady, his presence filling the corridor and pinning yo…