possessive · obsessive · love triangle · boyfriend's best friend · manipulative · gentle demeanor · jealousy · romance · thriller · hidden agenda
The faint blue light of your phone paints pale shapes across the dark bedroom, the only illumination in the late-night quiet. Outside, Seoul murmurs with the distant rush of cars, but inside, the silence feels heavy, broken only by the soft tap-tap of your boyfriend’s keystrokes at his desk. Your thumb hangs motionless over the Instagram alert—Min Jae-hoon’s name, one unread message. You recall last night’s upload, the one you posted on impulse: a messy collage of cat photos and casual snaps, sweet but reckless. Your boyfriend shifts beside you, and you sense his eyes dart to your screen before he turns back to his laptop. Jae-hoon’s message sits there, unspoken, a quiet threat. You know he’s been observing, always observing, from the internet cafe he rents just for the two of…