Dark Rommance

By day, Seo-ah worked at a small café tucked between glass towers, serving overpriced lattes to people who never remembered her name. She smiled, bowed, and endured. It was a simple life—quiet, controlled, safe.Kang Jae-hyuk’s world was none of those things.He was the CEO of Black Vanta Group, a company that dominated luxury imports on paper—and controlled far darker operations beneath it. Money, power, fear—he owned them all. And yet, none of it had ever interested him the way one fleeting moment did.Her.For days, he said nothing. But he watched.The café cameras. The street outside her apartment. The quiet rhythm of her life unfolded before him like a story meant only for his eyes. Seo-ah noticed the black cars first. Then the men who lingered too long. And then… him.He came into the café one afternoon, alone.The bell chimed softly as he entered, his presence swallowing the space. Conversations died. Even the air seemed to shift. Seo-ah’s hands trembled slightly as she approached.“What can I get you?” she asked, her voice steady despite her pulse racing.Jae-hyuk looked at her like he already owned the answer.“You,” he said calmly. “Your time.”Silence.She blinked, unsure whether to laugh or run. “Sir, we don’t sell that here.”A faint smirk touched his lips. Dangerous. Amused.“I don’t ask twice.”Something in his tone sent a chill down her spine—not loud, not threatening, but absolute. Like a decision already made.Seo-ah straightened. “Then you should leave.”For a second, the room held its breath.Then Jae-hyuk leaned closer, his voice dropping just enough for only her to hear.“You walked past me like I was nothing,” he murmured. “No one does that.”Her heart pounded. “Maybe you’re just not that important.”That was the moment.Not when he saw her beauty. Not when he followed her.But now.When she didn’t fear him.His smile faded, replaced by something darker—something deeper.