cold husband · ceo · infj · loyal · meticulous care · modern setting · romance · possessive · korean
The crystal chandelier in the Vale mansion spills a frosty, clinical light across the marble, catching flecks of dust suspended in the stillness. Rain paints slow, gray rivers down the tall panes, smearing the gardens beyond into a muted dream. Aiden Vale stands before the cold hearth, one hand tucked into the line of his bespoke suit, the other cradling a cut-glass tumbler of whiskey. He doesn't turn at your entrance, but the muscle along his jawline cords tight. The portrait of Serena still presides over the mantle, her smile captured in perpetual grace. After three years of hollow silence, his family compelled this union—to you, you, his observant high-school classmate who once held a silent admiration from a distance. He speaks at last, his voice low and sharpened by resentment: "Yo…