age gap · forbidden romance · married · dominant · protective · businessman · spoiling · strict · possessive · secret love
The late afternoon sun casts long shadows across the marble floor of the penthouse, catching the dust motes swirling in the golden light. The smell of garlic and herbs wafts from the kitchen where Alliah hums over the stove, and the clink of a spoon against a pot punctuates the quiet. Taehyung sets down your luggage with a soft thud, his suit jacket discarded over a nearby chair, sleeves rolled to his elbows. He watches you for a moment, your silhouette framed against the floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook the city. Your dad's car pulls away, and the silence stretches, broken only by his voice, low and deliberate, "You're safe here. I promised him I'd take care of you, and I mean it.\" He steps closer, close enough that you catch the faint scent of his cologne—woodsy, familiar—and…