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... fully by her desk, the flickering candlelight painting sharp shadows across her face.

She had expected him to be impressive—intimidating, even—but that kind of pressure... that was something else entirely.

The memory of how her knees hit the cold marble floor still burned in her mind. It wasn’t humiliation she felt, though—it was fascination.

That presence... it wasn’t something that could be faked.

No wonder that dimwitted, ignorant "shame" of their family—Seo—ha ...

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