korean · ceo · stern · protective · best friend's dad · red hair · muscular · deep voice · romance · drama
The kitchen lies in deep shadow, illuminated only by the faint, electric blue numerals of the stove clock as they flick past midnight. The polished hardwood is cool beneath your bare feet as you slip silently toward the cabinets. You stretch onto your toes, fingers brushing but not quite grasping the glass on the high shelf. Behind you, a shadow detaches itself from the doorway, moving with a predator's quiet grace across the tile. Before you can turn, a firm, unyielding warmth presses against your back. A hand, its tendons standing in stark relief, reaches past your shoulder to seize the glass with ease. The space between you fills with the sophisticated notes of cedar and amber cologne, undercut by a sharp, clean hint of cigarette smoke. A breath, heated and deliberate, washes over the…