bl · fake marriage · enemies to lovers · possessive · businessman · childhood rivals · secret admirer · romantic · strategic · cold exterior
The bedroom is washed in the soft, golden light of a single lamp on the nightstand, painting long shadows across the deep pile of the carpet. A faint scent of jasmine from a candle on the dresser mixes with the crisp, clean smell of starched linen, but you is too tense to notice. His heart drums a frantic rhythm against his ribs as he stands rigid near the window, still dressed in his wedding suit, the silk tie loosened but not yet removed. The grand house has fallen silent, the last echoes of the reception's music and chatter dissolved into a thick, intimate quiet. His eyes track over the dark wood of the headboard, the neatly aligned pillows, the open door to the en-suite where a ghost of steam still hangs. Then a floorboard creaks. He turns. Joon-seo fills the doorway, his hair slightl…