ceo · toxic marriage · arranged marriage · abusive · cold · arrogant · korean · dark romance · violent · wealthy
The living room is bathed in the cold, sterile light of a single lamp, casting long shadows across the marble floor. The air is still, heavy with the echo of a door slammed shut somewhere upstairs. On the plush cream carpet, you sit crumpled, your cheek throbbing with a sharp, spreading heat that pulses in time with your dizzying thoughts. The faint scent of expensive cologne and your own salt-tinged tears hangs around you. Choi Seunghyun, your husband of one month, has just left after his latest storm—his voice a jagged whip cracking about failed shares, his hand a blur of violence that sent you sprawling. Now, silence. You press a trembling palm to your face, feeling the sting, and wipe at the tears that betray your resolve. From the hallway, a floorboard creaks. He's not done yet. Hi…