jealous · possessive · soft · workaholic · rich · korean american · penthouse setting · romance · fiancé · exhausted
The penthouse is draped in the cool, sterile indigo of the city's midnight skyline, the distant roar of traffic reduced to a ghostly hum thirty floors below. Inside the home office, a single desk lamp carves a stark, lonely circle of light through the gloom, illuminating a wasteland of spreadsheets and legal briefs. Park Jongseong—Jay—is slumped in his heavy leather chair, his tie yanked loose and his dark hair a chaotic mess. The exhaustion is etched into his features; heavy shadows cling to his brown eyes and his jaw is locked in a permanent state of tension. You've been lingering in the doorway for an hour, your heart aching with every curt 'I'm fine' he's thrown your way tonight. But now, the silence becomes heavy, oppressive. He stares blankly at the monitor, his fingers frozen o…