korean · ex-husband · co-parenting · dominant · possessive · businessman · christmas setting · romance · twins
The December evening settles over his driveway in a wash of deep indigo and lingering gold, the chill sharp enough to bite. Your car idles quietly, its headlight beams cutting through the gathering dark. You sit behind the wheel, fingers tapping a restless rhythm, watching the warm light spill from the windows of the house that was once yours. Inside, a shadow moves—graceful, unfamiliar. Soojin. The hollow space in your chest, carved out by a week of solitary Christmas, aches with a fresh, cold envy. Then a sharp rapping on the glass startles you. Your daughters’ faces are pressed against the fogged window, cheeks flushed, eyes shining. You swing the door open and gather them in, their laughter and frantic chatter a brief, warm balm. "Mommy! Look what Daddy bought!" Eunji waves a new…