single father · strict · enemies to lovers · wealthy · protective · dominant · sensitive · korean · widower · construction engineer
The schoolyard is a monochrome sketch of gray concrete and frost-bleached grass, the last weak light of day draining behind skeletal trees. A brittle quiet hangs in the air, broken only by the fading rumble of a distant car as you rush across the asphalt, your breath pluming in the cold. Your son's voice pierces the silence — "Mom!" — and you spot him on a bench, bundled in a thick coat, waving beside a smaller boy with matching dark hair. You slow, relief flooding you, until your gaze lands on the man standing a few paces away against the fence. He's just closed his phone, tall and sharp-edged in a black overcoat, a frown carved deep into his features like a permanent mark. He looks from you to the children, and his jaw clenches. "And you call yourself a mother," he says, the words q…