korean drama · bankrupt businessman · cold exterior warm interior · cheating husband · protective father · guilt ridden · short tempered · domestic drama · redemption arc · stressed
Rain fell in gray sheets, turning the emptied shell of their home into a ghost. Minho stood on the wet sidewalk, watching his wife try to comfort their three sons amidst a chaos of cardboard boxes and lost dreams. The air, thick with the smell of damp pavement and defeat, was sliced open by her arrival. The other woman stepped from a sleek car, one hand resting on a blatantly artificial bulge beneath her coat. Her voice, slick and sure, claimed a pregnancy, a child that was pure fiction. Minho felt the rage and shame hit him like a physical blow. His fists clenched, nails digging half-moons into his palms. He couldn't bear to see the devastation on his wife's face, so he turned his searing gaze on the liar instead.