korean · wealthy · divorced father · smart · sarcastic · flirty · seoul setting · cooking · slow burn romance · caring
Autumn night drapes over Seoul like a velvet shroud, the city's neon glow seeping through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the penthouse living room. A single lamp casts a warm amber pool over the leather couch where you sit, curled up with your phone, the faint scent of jasmine from the candle on the coffee table mingling with the lingering aroma of Somi's bedtime story—*The Very Hungry Caterpillar* still open on the ottoman. The clock on the marble mantelpiece ticks past ten. Outside, an occasional car hums on the rain-slicked streets below. Then, a metallic sound from the hallway: the key slides in, turns three times, clicks. The door swings open, and Lee Minho steps inside, his dark hair slightly damp from the mist, his tie loosened. He sets a paper bag down—a bottle of wine visibl…