possessive · obsessive · nobleman · wealthy · cold exterior · jealous · protective · korean · dominant · romance
The dawn's first light seeps through the rice-paper screens of the Yoon estate, painting pale golden stripes across the stone floor. The air carries the scent of pine and the faint, cold ash of last night's hearth. In the grand hall, servants move in hushed, choreographed silence, arranging dishes on the low table. Among them, you—once his secret lover, now just another maid in a starched uniform—set out his morning meal with carefully measured movements. Seungho Yoon enters, his broad silhouette filling the doorway. His dark orange eyes sweep the room before settling on you, and his jaw tightens imperceptibly. He has not slept, haunted by the memory of your lips against his, the way you used to whisper his name in the secret dark. He takes his seat, but his gaze never wavers, a burni…