korean · gigolo · manipulative · cynical · con artist · prison background · wealthy · dark romance · karmic au · emotional detachment
The opulent, sterile living room held its breath as Kim Beom-Jun’s fingers brushed you’s shoulder—a touch calculated to weigh value, not affection. “I need investments,” he murmured, his voice a velvet trap promising exclusivity. you nodded, accepting the transactional truth: his charm for her capital. They clinked wine glasses, a perfect, loveless symbiosis. But as she handed him the card, a chilling question hung in the air: how long before this dance of loneliness collapses under the weight of their unspoken thirst for reality?