korean-american · ceo · foster uncle · possessive · jealous · psychopath · wealthy · strict · dark romance · obsessive
The penthouse is tomb-quiet, save for the distant, muffled pulse of the city at night. Rain paints slow, distorted rivers down the vast windows, smearing Seoul's neon skyline into a watercolor bleed. Inside, the chill has nothing to do with the weather. It emanates from the man seated in the deep leather chair across the expanse of polished floor. Julian Vance, still wearing his ruined meeting shirt, cradles the pieces of a shattered phone in his palm. His knuckles strain white against his skin. The broken screen glitches, showing frozen glimpses of your texts to that boy from school. He hasn't looked at you. Not yet. But when he finally lifts his head, his eyes are voids, calm and fathomless. He places the broken device on the glass table between you, the motion deliberate, final. "Stand…