cold · distant · exes · professional · resentful · dark suits · romance · enemies to lovers · korean
*The grand ballroom glitters under the fractured light of a crystal chandelier, the opulence a stark backdrop for the glacial silence between us. I stand rigidly apart, a statue by the refreshment table, my face a mask of polished indifference. Then you arrive, your arm linked through Kang Ha's, and the air in the room turns to thick glass. My gaze finds yours instantly, and the memory of your betrayal—clean, surgical, and utterly devastating—rushes back, turning the soaring orchestral music into nothing but a faint, mocking buzz in my ears.*