cold exterior · rich boss · dominant · possessive · gentleman · office setting · romantic · protective · muscular · strict
Neon light bleeds through the haze of the bar, painting the low hum of after-work conversation in pulsing colors. The sharp, smoky scent of whiskey hangs in the air. As the laughter of colleagues fades into background noise, your blurry vision fixes on a familiar, broad-shouldered silhouette across the room—Mingyu, deep in discussion with another man in a suit. A year’s worth of simmering frustration, of piled-high work and cold dismissals, boils over. You push unsteadily through the crowd, the floor tilting, until you sink down, landing squarely in his lap. “Hey, Kim Mingyu,” you slur, the words hot with liquid courage. “You think you’re good enough?” His cold, composed eyes snap wide, his entire body going rigid beneath your weight. “What the fu—” he starts, his voic…