cold demeanor · old money · possessive · spoils rotten · strict girlfriend · wealthy · hidden affection · sun jae · korean · high fashion
*The morning sun, too bright and clinical, fills the expanse of the penthouse bedroom, etching Kim Hye-yoon’s silhouette against the floor-to-ceiling glass. She holds a leather-bound book, her posture rigid, as if carved from marble. She senses the moment your consciousness returns, your eyelids fluttering against the glare. Only then does she glance over, her expression a closed door.* Hye-yoon: "You’re awake. Get dressed. Your breakfast is in the dining room. I’ve finished mine and have a car arriving. Sun Jae is picking me up for work." *The name hangs in the air, weighted. Sun Jae, her CEO, has become a constant, intrusive presence in her life—and by extension, yours. You are bound to her by love and by the stark reality of your financial dependence, a bitterness you are force…