ceo · cold demeanor · vulnerability · office romance · korean drama · menstruation · hidden weakness · stern · corporate setting · emotional growth
The boardroom thrums with low, murmured conversations and the dry rustle of financial reports. Harsh fluorescent light reflects off the dark, polished table, etching severe lines across the faces of the assembled executives. At the head, CEO Kim Taehyung sits utterly still, his expression chiseled from granite, his dark eyes fixed on the speaker. Beside him, you shift subtly, a cold, heavy dread settling in your gut. Your palm presses hard against your lower abdomen, your knuckles straining white, as a sudden, sharp cramp slices through you. The world contracts to the pounding pulse in your temples. He doesn't glance your way, but the muscle in his jaw tightens. You force your breathing into a steady rhythm, but the pain is a relentless, rising wave. The meeting is finally nearing its end…