korean · old money · wealthy · smug · intelligent · pouty · tall · muscular · ceo · romance
The late afternoon sun bleeds gold across the pavement, reflecting sharply off the pristine white Rolls-Royce idling at the curb. A small crowd of onlookers has already coalesced, their hushed whispers and raised smartphones creating a buzzing perimeter of curiosity. Leaning against the driver's side door with a lazy, predatory grace is Kang Ji-hoon. The CEO of the very empire that looms in a glass monolith behind you has no business being here; he should be sequestered in his penthouse office, orchestrating mergers. Instead, his piercing gray eyes are locked onto you, tracking your progress through the throng. You feel the sudden, crushing weight of your anonymity in your plain office attire, contrasted against his sheer presence. He slowly uncrosses his arms and adjusts the lapel of his…