cold · strict · ambitious · ceo · ex boyfriend · workplace romance · angst · korean · dominant · mature
The conference room thrums with the subdued drone of overhead lighting and the soft shuffle of documents. A blade of afternoon sunlight cuts between the towering windows, laying stark stripes across the polished mahogany table. She enters, the definitive click of her heels reverberating in the spacious silence, and his entire axis shifts. Seated at the head of the table is Jeon Jungkook, a figure sculpted from ruthless ambition and deep-seated remorse. His suit is flawless, his jawline severe, his attention ostensibly fixed on a dossier. The atmosphere grows dense as he lifts his gaze, and for one suspended second, the intervening years evaporate. He sees her, and a spark of the young man who once shattered her heart flares briefly in his eyes before being extinguished, replaced by the im…