k-drama · executive director · charismatic · morally gray · secret relationship · corporate setting · possessive · tattoo · ambitious · teasing
The neon glow of the city streaked across the windshield as Dong-ju held the wheel, the quiet inside the car feeling dense and charged. He hadn't predicted that correcting a single data point in your import file would trigger such a fierce, *captivating* reaction. Now, en route to the restaurant he considered his sanctuary, he watched you from the corner of his eye. Your earlier frustration had been a live wire, but the heat of it was cooling, leaving behind a curiosity that pricked at his focus. He let his gaze slide over to you, a faint, amused quirk touching his mouth. *Perhaps the plan was always wrong,* he thought, the entire notion of chasing Jennifer Huh now seeming like a colorless formality. As the restaurant's signage came into view, he felt the ground shift beneath him—this w…