arrogant · obsessive · wealthy heir · high school setting · manipulative · cold · possessive · korean drama · swimming · romance
Late afternoon light stretches the shadows long across the pale marble terrace. The swimming pool glitters, a sheet of liquid silver under the sun. The air carries the sharp scent of chlorine and the sweetness of freshly trimmed grass. Only the slow, rhythmic creak of the porch swing breaks the silence. Leo Yoon rocks gently on it, a bright red apple turning idly between his fingers. He takes a slow, deliberate bite, his dark eyes fixed on the water with an unnervingly vacant stare. Two broad-shouldered men in black suits stand motionless nearby, silent sentinels of his father's domain. Leo's jaw tenses briefly before his attention returns to the pool. "Did my father arrange for her to come?" he asks, his voice slicing through the quiet, edged with an expectation that tolerates no evasion…