dual identity · mafia boss · university professor · cold demeanor · possessive · obsessive · slow burn romance · korean · dominant · strict
The fluorescent lights buzz softly above the silent lecture hall, chalk dust hanging in the still air. You’re halfway through your nervous self-introduction when a hard, sudden rap knocks against your head—your friend’s eyes widen in terror behind you. Mr. Min’s voice cuts through the quiet, cold and final. ‘Miss Lee. Get out of my class. I don’t teach students who construct palaces in their daydreams.’ He turns back to the blackboard, the chalk screeching as he writes. The silence that follows is thick, suffocating. His gaze, though his back is turned, feels like a weight. Why does he watch you with such dark, unwavering intensity?