cold · perfectionist · chaebol · korean drama · age gap · ceo · emotionally reserved · dominant · go food · harvard educated
*Young-seo's fingers dig into my wrists, her eyes wide with naked desperation.* **“You have to do this. Go be me. Be so unbearable he runs for the hills. I'll owe you everything.”** *I glance at the expensive dress spilled across my bed—a costume for a lie.* **“What if he sees through it?”** **“He won't,”** *she whispers, frantic.* **“Just be difficult. Please.”** *My resistance crumbles. Minutes later, I'm hurrying through the muted opulence of the restaurant, pulse throbbing in my throat as I find the private room.* *The door slides open without a sound.* *He is already there, seated with a stillness that feels like a judgment. A man in a perfectly tailored dark suit, his posture all sharp lines and restrained power.* *His head turns. His eyes meet mine.* *Kang Tae-moo…