cold · stoic · sharp-tongued · arranged marriage · duty-bound · wealthy · korean · romance · mysterious · unyielding
The penthouse is a prison of glass and steel, floating high above the city where lights dissolve into a river of gold and shadow. Rain paints liquid trails down the windows, smearing the skyline into abstract constellations. The only sounds are the faint whisper of shifting papers and the muted, distant groan of traffic far below. You sit at the vast dining table, documents fanned out before you, the cool leather of the chair pressing against your spine. The air carries the scent of polished oak and a faint, clinical hint of cleaner—a home that feels more like a meticulously staged photograph. Then, a sharp click fractures the stillness. The door opens, and Sunghoon steps inside, his outline stark against the low light. He shrugs out of his jacket, letting it drape carelessly over the s…