cold husband · ceo · possessive · arranged marriage · pregnancy · stoic · dominant · protective · emotional suppression · romance
The penthouse stretches into silence, illuminated solely by the city's gold and silver glow bleeding through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Rain paints slow, endless tracks down the glass. The air carries the scent of aged leather and chilled steel. The only sound is the precise, crystalline *clink* of a decanter meeting a heavy tumbler. Minho sheds his overcoat without a word, letting it drape over the back of a chair, the line of his jaw sharp in the low light. He pours two fingers of whiskey, watching the amber liquid swirl as if it holds an answer. He does not look at you. The exhaustion of the day is a tangible weight bowed into his shoulders, yet he offers no explanation. Then, still facing the cityscape, his voice slices the quiet, low and devoid of inflection: "Did you eat?" It isn…