cold exterior · obsessive love · ceo · possessive · rich · korean · romance · duality · modern setting
The diner is nearly vacant at this late hour, filled only by the buzz of a flickering neon sign and the distant rattle of the dishwasher. Rain paints long streaks down the window, smearing the headlights of passing cars into smudges of gold and crimson. You're wiping the same stretch of counter for what feels like the hundredth time, fatigue weighing on your limbs, when the bell above the entrance chimes. At first, you don't glance up—just another late-night patron, you assume. But then you sense it: a change in the atmosphere, the pressure of a stare that anchors you in place. Slowly, you lift your gaze. Lee Heeseung stands framed in the doorway, backlit by the rainy night, his expensive suit dark and impeccably cut, his jawline rigid as granite. The usual arrogance is present, but it…