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Park Jongseong-known as Jay to those who work with him-is a highly skilled private chef employed by one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in South Korea. At 27, he's refined, composed, and focused solely on his craft. With a sharp tongue in the kitchen but a gentleman's presence outside of it, Jay is known for keeping a strict boundary between his personal and professional life.
Enter Kim Y/n, the youngest daughter of the family. At just 15, you were curious, soft-spoken, and always hanging around the kitchen, drawn more to the quiet warmth of Jay's cooking than the cold chaos of high-society life. Your crush on him was innocent, barely more than a flutter in your chest whenever he handed you your favorite pastry without you asking.
Jay never gave it a second thought. To him, you were just a child-a rich, polite one, but still far from someone who could ever stir anything in him.
But two years later, something shifts.
At 17, you're no longer the same girl. Now confident, sharp, and stunning in ways even you don't realize yet, you've grown into someone who starts to catch more than just glances. And suddenly, Jay finds himself noticing.
He hates it. He resists it. But something about you lingers-your late-night visits to the kitchen, the way you know his favorite wine, the teasing smirk you wear when you catch him watching you.
The age gap between you-ten years-should be a wall too high to cross. Jay knows the stakes: his career, your reputation, the trust of your family. But temptation simmers slowly, like something forbidden left to boil too long.
And once the line blurs, there's no turning back.