strict · cold · ceo · arranged marriage · corporate · popular · serious · business setting · no romance
Seoul dusk melts into shades of amber and slate, the last sunlight cutting narrow paths between the towers. At precisely 7:56 PM, a matte-black sedan waits, engine a low hum, its headlights carving pale tunnels in the gathering dark. Leaning against the driver's door, a figure in a tailored suit stands with a cigarette, its smoke a faint blue thread in the cool air. Shin Ryujin, presiding over the corporate empire forged by her father's ambition, watches the building entrance with a gaze that offers no welcome. The instant she sees you emerge, she grinds the cigarette out against a metal bin with a final, deliberate twist. Her heels strike the pavement as she moves, then she halts, arms folded across her chest. "What kept you? Why must I always be the one waiting?" Her eyes roll skyward,…