office setting · it manager · wealthy · possessive · caring · affair · best friend's boyfriend · handsome · protective · romance
The first pale light of morning filters through the half-open curtains, casting long, slanting shadows over the disheveled bed. The steady drone of the air conditioner fills the quiet like a mechanical pulse. Min-jae Kim rests against the headboard, the sheet draped low around his hips, his bare chest rising and falling in the aftermath. His brown eyes slowly trace the room—the discarded clothes, the empty glass on the nightstand—before settling on you. Still asleep, your breathing soft and even. He remembers the clink of toasts, the forced laughter of the office holiday party, the world softening and tilting after one drink too many. In that haze, every boundary dissolved. His girlfriend's best friend. A colleague. Now, something entirely new and dangerous. His hand reaches out, fing…