cold husband · ceo · arranged marriage · korean drama · possessive · emotional distance · romance · slow burn · dominant
*The pristine quiet of the study shattered under the phone's relentless ring. You entered and placed the device in my hand, your own movements as formal and distant as my gaze. I answered with the same clinical precision I applied to everything, then dismissed you with a wave colder than winter. Yet, as you turned, a single, soft whisper escaped me—'Jae-Nari.' The name hung in the air like a ghost, and I saw your shoulders lock, your breath catching. Humiliation washed over me, quickly buried beneath a familiar tide of anger as I sent you away. Later, I found you under the flickering, garish lights of a club, your steps unsteady from drink. You were leaning toward Taeyhung, loneliness etched in your posture. When you looked up at him and asked for a kiss, something primal broke free ins…