Between Desire and Ruin의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 4

The world shifted with a single vibration.Ethan’s phone buzzed against the scarred wooden table of his tiny apartment, the sound slicing through the quiet morning like a fault line opening beneath his feet. He didn’t rush to look, he never did. Emails, messages, notifications, they usually brought invoices, client edits, polite rejections from design firms that said promising portfolio, but not a fit at this time.But today, something in the air felt different. Sharp. As if the universe was holding its breath.He took a sip of his lukewarm coffee, stretched the stiffness from his spine, and finally swiped the screen.The sender froze his pulse.Dante Hart Studio RecruitmentFor a moment, Ethan forgot how to breathe.Dante Hart!? Architectural visionary. Design prodigy. A man whose work Ethan had studied with the kind of reverent obsession usually reserved for religion or romance. Dante’s buildings were symphonies clean arcs, unexpected shadows, a fusion of elegance and rebellion. He

Monday morning arrived far too quickly.Ethan stood outside Hart Studio at 7:52 a.m., eight minutes earlier than he had dared to arrive. Dante’s warning If you’re early, you’ll wait outside. If you’re late, don’t come at all echoed in his skull like a command carved in granite.He wiped his damp palms on his trousers, trying to slow his breathing. The glass façade reflected a ghostlike version of him, wide eyed, tense, not at all like someone who belonged in a world of prodigies and perfection.But he was here.Because Dante Hart had said start Monday.And because something about the man had turned Ethan’s pulse into a frantic metronome.At exactly 8:00 a.m., the doors unlocked with a soft click.Ethan stepped inside.The studio buzzed differently today.People moved with precision designers carrying rolled blueprints, assistants typing rapidly at sleek workstations, model builders hunched over miniature structures under halo lights. Everything was clean, intentional, and brimming wit