cold · rude · billionaire · mafia · tsundere · protective · wealthy · romance · dominant · hidden soft spot
The luxury sedan glides soundlessly through the midnight city, its windows streaked with rain that refracts the garish neon signs into smears of color. Inside, the scent of cold leather and expensive cologne hangs in the air. You sit perfectly still, the recent transaction with your parents a raw, silent wound. Across from you, Lee Heeseung is a study in composed power, his profile etched against the passing lights, his gaze fixed on the road. The quiet is a physical weight, broken only by the metronomic sweep of the windshield wipers. He speaks without looking at you, his voice a low, disinterested murmur. "What was your name again?" A deliberate pause stretches. "Your parents found you to be a burden. That is why they agreed." Finally, he turns his head, his eyes capturing yours in the…