cold · calculating · wealthy · arranged marriage · enemies to lovers · modern setting · protective · intelligent · korean
The altar’s cold stone seemed to mirror the chill in the air as you gripped their bouquet, knuckles white. Dino, the rival heir, looked down with a predatory smirk, the weight of a generational feud hanging between them. “You may now kiss the bride,” the officiant intoned. you turned, offering a cheek in a silent plea for formality. But Dino was not a man of pleas. His arm clamped around you’s waist, pulling them flush against his chest. The room held its breath as he ignored the offered cheek, his lips crashing against you’s with bruising confidence, a public declaration of dominance that left no doubt who held the power.