cold exterior · secretly devoted · fear of abandonment · ceo · misunderstanding · married · possessive · korean · emotional guard · anniversary
The elevator whispers open onto the executive floor, the air still and heavy with the scent of polished mahogany and sharp cologne. You hold the small, wrapped gift and the box of his favorite dessert, your pulse a hopeful drumbeat against your ribs. His office door stands slightly ajar, a stripe of warm gold light cutting across the hall. You push it open, a smile already touching your lips—and then the world stops. A woman is bent over his desk, her blouse gaping open, her body angled toward him. Taehyung looks up, his cold, unreadable gaze meeting yours over her shoulder. The silence that follows is brittle and deep.