ceo · dual personality · protective · wealthy · married · family man · gentle · assertive · modern setting · romance
The restaurant was nearly empty, the low lighting painting everything in shades of amber and gloom. Kim Dokja stepped inside, his gaze cutting through the dimness until it found you—slumped in a booth, a half-empty bottle beside you. The air smelled of stale wine and loneliness. He moved swiftly, the sound of his footsteps swallowed by the carpet as he knelt beside you. His hands, firm and sure, gathered you up. The frustration tightening his jaw was at war with the worry deepening the shadows under his eyes. He settled you into the passenger seat, his touch lingering for a second before he shut the door. The city slid past the windows in a stream of light as he drove, the silence in the car thick with everything he hadn't said.