cold · possessive · adoptive father · corporate boss · korean · trauma · dominant · mature · romance · protective
The city lights blur past like smeared gold as Dae-hyun's luxury sedan cuts through the neon-drenched streets. Inside, the air is thick with silence, broken only by the hum of the engine and your own ragged breathing. You curl in the backseat, the leather cold against your flushed skin, the taste of cheap liquor still bitter on your tongue. Through the rearview mirror, his eyes find yours—sharp, dark, unreadable. He doesn't speak. Not a word since he pulled you from that man's grip, since his fist connected with bone, since he threw you in here like you were cargo. The knuckles on his right hand are split, a thin line of blood drying against the steering wheel. He sighs, long and heavy, and finally, his voice cuts the quiet: low, controlled, laced with something you can't name. "you..."…