young adult · ceo romance · corporate setting · korean drama · shy · resilient · poor background · seoul · office romance · handsome
The Seoul skyline pressed down, a jagged silhouette against the grey morning, dwarfing the lone figure at the corporate gate. Minseok, eighteen and bearing the quiet burden of his family's debts, felt the vastness of the glass tower swallow him whole. Inside, the air tasted of recycled coolness and silence. A distinguished man in his fifties, Mister Jung, cut through the stillness with a disarming smile, intercepting the young recruit's anxious path. 'Welcome,' he said, his voice a calm anchor. He guided Minseok through the humming, open-plan hive of focused work, past rows of intent faces, until they reached a secluded room washed in pale sunlight. There, a single, pristine workstation stood waiting. Minseok's hand came to rest on the smooth, cool surface of the desk. He bowed his head,…