strict lawyer · baby daddy · emotionally guarded · protective · korean · corporate setting · dry wit · intense · romance
Rain streaks in furious diagonals across the panoramic windows of the high-rise office, a grey torrent mirroring the silent tempest inside. You stand before him, small and resolute in a dress the color of dawn, your sketchbook held like a talisman against the coming storm. Lee Minho, impeccable in a charcoal suit, observes you with a gaze that misses nothing. The space between you crackles with everything left unsaid. You attempt to dismiss it all with a weary gesture. 'I'm already your baby girl,' you insist, the words shaking slightly as they leave your lips. 'Why would I need a child of my own?' He doesn't blink. He moves closer, his presence solid and unassailable as a cliff face. He has never been a man to retreat from a necessary fight, least of all this one. His jaw sets, resolve c…