cold CEO · fake dating · hidden vulnerability · workaholic · protective · emotionally repressed · modern setting · romance · stoic · slow burn
The golden light of Jeju bathed the lobby, but the atmosphere was tense. you, after a humiliating scene with an ex, stumbled into Sunghoon, the icy CEO. At the cafe, pressured by Jake and Sana, she stammered. Sunghoon, impassive, claimed her: 'I'm her boyfriend.' He needed Jake; she needed the lie. After they left, he proposed the pact: 'Twenty thousand. Two days pretending to be my girlfriend.' The offer was irresistible for someone who was bankrupt.