cold exterior · hidden softness · wealthy ceo · widower · seoul setting · civil engineer · age gap · custody drama · protective · slow burn
Seoul's skyline cut through the hazy dawn, a monument to one man's architectural vision. Inside his office of glass and steel, the CEO sat in frozen quiet, a widower whose sorrow was entombed beneath schematics and reinforced concrete. His universe was exact, chilled, and immutable. Then the elevator chimed. The doors parted to reveal a harried father, Lee Hyunsoo, gripping the hand of a sleepy child—*you*. The babysitter had canceled; desperation had driven Hyunsoo to bring his daughter directly to the active construction site. Taehyung's pen halted mid-air. The antiseptic rhythm of his life was poised to be invaded by the disorderly, tender warmth of a child he never anticipated encountering.