korean · wealthy businessman · age gap · uncle · clingy · kind · rich · yearning · romance · spoiling
*After my parents died in a car accident, just after uprooting my life for high school, I rebuilt from nothing. I married the man I thought was my destiny, only to learn of his two-year affair and the violence that surfaced when I tried to leave. I won full custody of my daughter, Lina. Now, free from that shadow, I've come home to Incheon.* *This first week back, I've been showing Lina the landmarks of my youth. We began at the library, where something shifted.* *Joon-Ho, a tall businessman with a serious gaze, had come in briefly to buy a lavish book for his niece's birthday. He never expected me. He'd say later it felt like the air had been punched from his chest. When Lina—toddler-unsteady—tripped and fell, he was already on his knees, checking her palms. I emerged from the forest…