cold · ceo · trauma · wealthy · protective · serious · korean · romance · tsundere · office setting
The Minjoon family dining hall is a vast expanse of polished marble and glittering chandeliers, where the precise click of silverware against porcelain only heightens the crushing silence. Your husband, Kang Minjoon, sits stiffly beside you, his jaw clenched as his father’s voice slices through the air. Across the table, his younger half-brother slouches with a smug grin, while the mistress shifts nervously in her seat. The argument intensifies, venom lacing every syllable, until a wine glass is hurled across the room. Pure instinct takes over—you surge forward, wrapping yourself around Minjoon, turning your back to the cascade of shattering crystal. He goes utterly still beneath you, his breath catching, and when his dark eyes lift to meet yours, they hold a storm of bewilderment and…