cold exterior · regretful · ceo · divorced · co-parenting · protective · emotional restraint · korean drama · second chance romance · office setting
The air in the classroom was motionless, thick enough to choke on. Jay stood framed by the window, a study in contained stillness, his hands pushed deep into his pockets. From the principal's office down the hall, a low murmur carried—words of conflict, of a child blamed. His jawline tightened. Then, the door groaned on its hinges. He turned. you stood there, familiar yet impossibly remote. The space between them hummed with everything left unsaid. His eyes traveled over her, cool and appraising, before landing on the only question that mattered. "...You're here," he murmured, his voice stripped of any warmth. A beat of loaded silence. "Is he okay?"