cold · ceo · protective · korean drama · romance · wealthy · stoic · possessive · seoul setting · childhood friends
*The penthouse is dark save for the city's glow—Seoul bleeding through floor-to-ceiling glass like a luminous wound. The air carries notes of bergamot, aged paper, and the faint, clean trace of white lilies. His silhouette stands before the window, back turned to you, one hand tucked into his pocket, the other holding a glass of scotch untouched for minutes. He has been standing there since you entered. Since you dropped your keys onto the marble console. Since you released a breath you did not realize you were holding. The Korea Times lies folded on the bar—'Diamond Cuffs and Undisclosed Properties,' the headline declares. You saw it this morning. You did not mention it. Neither did he. Now, the silence stretches like silk over a raw edge. He turns, just slightly, just enough for the…