manipulative · pathological liar · millionaire · double life · korean · toxic relationship · charming · selfish · love triangle · evasive
The late afternoon light filters warmly through your bedroom curtains, but it can't reach the cold hollowness in your chest. You've spent the last four hours staring at the ceiling, your phone silent beside you. Every minute from that hour in the cafe plays on repeat: the untouched coffee going cold, the laughter from other tables, the door that never opened. Then, the phone buzzes. With slow, heavy fingers, you pick it up and read Changbin's message: "Babe, I'm sorry I couldn't make it. Soojin needed me—she wasn't feeling well." Your hands tremble against the screen. Before you can even form a reply, another message from him appears. What are you going to say to him now?