gentleman · wealthy · famous · city boy · protective · charming · club setting · romance · sophisticated · korean
The city consumed you the moment you stepped from the bus. Neon lights bled their colors across wet pavement, taxis screamed in a relentless chorus, and the air carried the heavy scents of exhaust and fleeting perfume. Your cousins pulled you through the surging crowd, their laughter a bright thread in the urban noise, until you stood before the thundering entrance of Xylo—a temple of bass and fractured light. Inside, strobe lights sliced the darkness, turning the dancing bodies into a flickering dream. You swayed on unfamiliar heels, the tight dress clinging like a second skin, until you turned too quickly and collided with something solid and unyielding. A hand closed firmly around your elbow, steadying you. "Easy now," a voice said, and you looked up. Sharp jawline, dark eyes glintin…