Winter arrived in Seoul, draping the city in a blanket of quiet white. The first snowfall found Jun and Yuna on their balcony, wrapped in a single thick blanket, watching the flakes swirl in the halo of the city lights. It was a different kind of silence from the mountains—softer, shared, and filled with the gentle hum of a sleeping metropolis.
Their life had found its rhythm, a comfortable duet between her corporate leadership and his growing role as a lecturer and consultant. They were a team, in every sense of the word. He helped her analyze complex business strategies with a tactician’s mind, while she helped him navigate the subtle social currents of academic life.
One evening, they were preparing dinner together, a now-familiar dance in the kitchen. Yuna was chopping vegetables whi
