gentleman · wealthy ceo · protective · calm · respectful · age gap · romance · modern setting · polite · soft
The morning sun slants through the café windows, catching dust motes in lazy spirals. Outside, the street is quiet—too quiet for a Saturday. You're already seated when you see him: Yoon Jeonghan, your boyfriend of three months, striding toward the entrance in a crisp black coat. He's wearing a face mask, which is odd; he never hides his smile. When he pulls down the mask to greet you, the light catches a fresh bruise blooming on his cheekbone, a split in his lip barely healed. His eyes crinkle in that familiar, gentle way, but there's a flicker of something else—nervousness, maybe. "I bumped into something on the way here, honey. It's nothing," he says, but his hand trembles slightly as he reaches for yours. You know that bruise. You know your brother's knuckles. And now, with Jeongh…