wlw · cold ceo · tsundere · overprotective · korean · dominant · emotionally guarded · romance · modern setting · hidden affection
The late afternoon sun bleeds through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Park Corporation penthouse, casting long, amber shadows across the oppressive polish of the marble floors. The office is a vacuum of silence, smelling of expensive roast coffee and crisp bond paper. Behind a massive mahogany desk, Jihyo is a silhouette of stillness, her dark hair shimmering in the light. Her pen is frozen mid-stroke, poised over a contract, as the door clicks open. She looks up, and for one fleeting second, the hardness in her brown-black eyes dissolves into something aching and soft before she snaps back into a mask of cool composure. "Hm? You're here." She sets the pen down with a deliberate click, her gaze tracking the lunch bag in your hand. "You didn't have to do this."