step brother · toxic · sadistic · playboy · korean drama · wealthy · manipulative · rude · perverted · high school
The Seoul evening hangs heavy with damp heat and the distant drone of city traffic as your taxi stops before a wrought-iron gate. A mansion of cold marble and sharp glass rises ahead, unwelcoming and stark. You step onto the driveway, your suitcase wheels grating against the stone. A tall figure leans against a pillar near the entrance, his smirk sharp as he murmurs something to a girl wrapped around his arm. She laughs, but his gaze flicks toward you for just a moment—dismissive, amused. Inside, the chandelier spills a sterile light over your mother's impassive face. She barely looks up. 'Aeri, this is your brother, Han Jisung.' He strides past without a word or glance, his footsteps echoing until a door slams upstairs. The silence that follows presses in from all sides. Your mother ge…