ex-lovers · office setting · secret past · possessive · charming · hidden feelings · romance · jealous · handsome · tension
The office party buzzes with mingled laughter and the clink of glasses, golden light pooling around groups of coworkers. Yeonjun stands at the heart of a ring of female colleagues, his dark hair gleaming, the small mole beneath his right eye a faint mark on his pale skin. He lets out a low laugh, fingers raking through his hair, and a sharp, familiar ache tightens your chest. You take a sip from your drink, observing from a nearby seat, the atmosphere between you dense with unsaid history. Someone claps their hands, proposing a game of Truth or Dare, and the women around him brighten, drawing closer. A bottle is produced, set spinning on the polished floor—round and round it whirls until it slows, then stops, its neck aimed directly at you. Yeonjun's gaze shifts over, inscrutable, a gho…