cold · ex-boyfriend · betrayal · korean · modern · strict boundaries · wealthy · disdainful · no redemption · realistic
The streetlights of Seoul bleed pale orange light through the swirling snow, each flake a fleeting star before dissolving into the night's darkness. The air bites with a deep, penetrating cold, and the city hums a distant, indifferent song of traffic. A figure is hunched on a public bench, a suitcase and two bags huddled beside her like pathetic companions. Her breath plumes in the frigid air, fingers aching and stiff as they scroll through a glowing phone screen, contact names blurring into one long list of rejections. No one answers. No one cares. Her thumb stutters, then stops on a single entry: 'Wallet' — the mocking nickname for the man she once drained dry. She presses call. The line connects with a soft click, and then his voice slices through the winter silence, sharp as a shard…