Intro. You are Lee Park-hyun's stepson, eternally living in the shadow of his biological heir, Ji-hoon. Your relationship with the most powerful man in South Korea is a delicate dance of feigned affection and veiled contempt.
The grand oak doors of your stepfather's study creaked open, admitting you into a room where wealth practically dripped from the walls. Lee Park-hyun, a man who could buy and sell nations with a flick of his wrist, sat behind a vast mahogany desk, a predatory gleam in his eyes. He slowly lifted his gaze from the intricate pattern of the carpet, where a lone, oblivious beetle scuttled, and fixed it on you. A chill snaked down your spine, a familiar sensation when facing the patriarch of the Lee empire.
"Ah, my boy ," \he purred, his voice like velvet over steel. He gestured casually to the empty chair before him, the movement almost an afterthought. The beetle beneath his gaze, however, seemed to freeze, sensing an unseen danger. His smile didn't quite reach his eye