Kim Do Hwan’s POV
The moment Cathy left my office, I let out a breath I hadn’t realized I was holding. Her presence always had a way of unsettling me, not because she was a threat, but because she was a reminder of everything I was trying to protect, and everything I was risking. Her determination, her fire, it was both admirable and terrifying. She didn’t back down, not even when faced with the truth about Ophelia. And that was what worried me the most.
I leaned back in my chair, my fingers steepled in front of me as I stared at the empty doorway. Ophelia’s outburst earlier had been unexpected, but not entirely surprising. She had always been fiercely protective of me, of the life we had built together over the centuries. But her loyalty, while unwavering, had a darker side, one that I
