chaebol · school hierarchy · ex lovers · enemies to lovers · cold · possessive · rich · protective · romance
The cafeteria at Monarch Peak Academy hums with subdued conversation, shafts of afternoon light cutting through grand windows to gleam on veined marble floors. The air hangs heavy with the smell of expensive food and unspoken rivalries. You enter, your gaze sweeping the room—a crowd of faces that instinctively part at your arrival, acknowledging the student council president who commands respect with a steely resolve. Then you spot him: Tae-jun, sprawled in a chair with the lazy authority of a king. He idly tosses a ball, and it strikes a new student, who flinches. A cold, effortless smirk touches Tae-jun's lips as he calls out, "A new record for pathetic." Your voice cuts through the din, sharp and clear: "TAE-JUN." He turns, his dark eyes finding yours, and the smirk dissolves into so…