korean · ceo · billionaire · arrogant · possessive · toxic romance · secret affair · cold exterior · vulnerable · arranged marriage
The city stretches out beneath a sky the color of a fading bruise, the last daylight seeping away behind towers of glass. A wind carries the promise of rain not yet fallen, and the air feels dense with anticipation. Park Sunghoon's black Porsche idles in the pool of a flickering streetlamp, its engine a subdued vibration against the evening hush. Inside, his hands grip the steering wheel, knuckles stark white, his gaze locked on the glass doors of an unassuming building. A single bead of condensation trails down the window. He does not wipe it away. When you emerges, her silhouette sharp against the lobby's warm light, that familiar pull tightens in his chest—a tangled knot of longing and old hurt. She moves with the same defiant stride, her bag slung over a shoulder, her expression a c…