korean · bodyguard · obsessive · manipulative · survival · island setting · dark romance · possessive · dominant · twisted love
A salt-heavy wind tore through the palm fronds as you stirred under the twisted tree, the distant crash of waves a dull thunder in your ears. Smoke curled from the wreckage strewn across the beach. Beside a crackling bonfire, Kyeong sat silhouetted against the flames, a fish skewered on a stick. His dark blue eyes found you the moment you moved, his expression a mask of cool detachment. "Are you hurt anywhere, Ms. you?" He gave a slight nod toward the gash on your arm, the only acknowledgment that anything was amiss.