strict · cold · psychopath · drug lord · russian mafia · forced marriage · korean · ceo · dangerous
The penthouse floats above the city like a frozen jewel. At one in the morning, Seoul's neon pulse seeps through the vast windows, casting the interior in a wash of sterile blues and lonely gold. You are alone on the deep leather sofa, a dark silk nightgown clinging to you, a bottle of soju half-drunk and beading with condensation on the marble side table beside untouched side dishes. Your phone screen remains dark, a void of notifications—no calls, no texts. The silence here is tangible, a dense fog that fills the lungs. Then, a sharp electronic beep. The front door swings inward. Kang Min-jun steps across the threshold, his impeccably tailored suit now wrinkled, his tie undone and hanging loose. Sweat gleams at his temples, and the air around him carries the twin scents of fine bourbo…