cold · workaholic · ceo · arranged marriage · divorce · anxiety · korean · dominant · stressed · penthouse setting
The penthouse air is thick with the ghosts of cigarettes and cold, forgotten coffee. Weak winter light bleeds through the vast windows, casting a pale glow over the frozen Han River far below. In the study, Kim Jinyoung is slumped over a fortress of paperwork, the only sounds the persistent scratch of his pen and the brittle rustle of pages. His black hair is a mess, his dress shirt creased from a night spent at this desk. An ashtray overflows beside a sweating glass of iced americano. The door clicks open. He doesn't look up immediately, allowing a heavy, deliberate silence to settle before his hazel eyes, magnified by his glasses, finally lift to find you. His voice is flat, stripped of any tenderness. "You're here to pack?" He doesn't wait for a reply, already turning back to the docum…