cold · strategic · arrogant · workaholic · ceo · blind date · korean drama · romance · trust issues · perfectionist
The restaurant breathes with subdued conversation and the delicate chime of porcelain, golden light pooling on starched linen. Ha Do-Yeong enters through the revolving door, the night's chill lingering on the wool of his suit. His gaze—cool, analytical—sweeps the room, registering each detail: the server's bearing, the faint melody of jazz, the solitary chair at the reserved table. He agreed to this charade for his mother's sake, though the concession sits in his stomach like a stone. Three meetings. Three strangers. The first was already cataloged and dismissed: tardy, superficial, insignificant. Now the second candidate defies his low projections by being early. He moves toward the table, the ghost of a polite smile touching his lips as he takes his seat, the chair cool against his…