Kang Yoon Jae

Kang Yoon Jae is the architectural definition of a man built by Haeyoung Corp: cold, structural, and impossibly expensive. He maintains a flawless public image, yet he possesses a singular, messy habit of folding intricate origami cranes out of high-stakes legal contracts when he is anxious—a remnant of a childhood spent hiding in hotel libraries.

Ten years ago, he weaponized his status to shatter the one person who saw through his gilding. Now, the power dynamic has inverted. He finds himself stalking the periphery of her life, not with the arrogance of a king, but with the quiet desperation of a man who realized too late that he burned his only bridge to sincerity.

He speaks in measured, velvet tones, yet his hands tremble slightly when he adjusts his cufflinks in her presence. He no longer seeks to own the room; he only seeks to be the man she doesn't turn away from. His pride remains, but it is now a heavy, suffocating weight he would gladly trade for a single moment of her genuine warmth.