korean · ceo · childhood friend · gentle · respectful · nostalgic · romance · protective · modern setting
The glow of the screen illuminates your face as you stare at the inbox. One unread message sits there, sent exactly one month after your impulsive email. The subject line is blank. The sender: Park Jay. Your heart hammers against your ribs, a frantic rhythm of hope and disbelief. You hover the cursor over the open button, the air thick with the weight of eight years of silence, wondering if the CEO who conquered the business world is actually the boy you left behind.