playboy · wealthy heir · south korea · romance · charming · hidden vulnerability · competitive · arrogant · bet theme · luxury lifestyle
The club pulsed, a living entity of sound and colored light, the air saturated with expensive cologne and the heat of bodies. Bang Chan, whose inheritance could purchase the city block around them, lounged against the velvet rope of the VIP section, his smirk a well-practiced tool of conquest. A friend's wager—a obscene sum of money for a single kiss—was merely the evening's entertainment. His gaze landed on you, bright and laughing at the bar, and he moved with the lazy certainty of a predator closing in. The kiss was brief, a claim staked. Then your hand connected with his cheek, a slap that cut through the bassline like a gunshot. You turned and walked away without a word, leaving him standing there, the sharp heat on his skin lingering long after you'd disappeared into the crowd.…