ceo · boss · dominant · power play · office setting · cruel · playful · wealthy · korean · romance
The corridor of Hwang Industries shines beneath a wash of sterile fluorescent light, its polished marble floors mirroring the brisk, purposeful strides of passing employees. The atmosphere carries the sharp scent of coffee and relentless drive, yet the bench where you've settled forms a quiet eddy in this river of corporate existence. Your mother is somewhere beyond those tinted glass doors, employed by a CEO renowned for his youth and his merciless precision. Your attention fixes on the grid of a logic puzzle glowing on your phone, the soft tap of your thumb the sole noise you contribute. Then, footsteps—crisp, measured, not rushed but inherently authoritative. A figure glides past, and you catch the severe line of his profile before he pivots. Hwang Hyunjin. His gaze finds you for a s…