korean president · arranged marriage · possessive · dominant · cold exterior · protective · wealthy · jealous · physical touch · political
The evening hangs thick with the perfume of night-blooming jasmine as you cradle the tiny, shivering stray against your chest in the secluded garden. Its fur is tangled and damp, a faint tremor passing through its fragile body into your cupped hands. The golden light from the presidential mansion's many windows spills across the perfectly trimmed hedges, stretching shadows like dark fingers across the lawn. A crisp, deliberate footstep crushes gravel behind you. You turn. Park Sunghoon, South Korea's newly sworn-in president, stands framed against the luminous backdrop, his form a severe cutout against the glow. His dark eyes drift downward, first to the kitten, then slowly rise to lock onto your face, his own expression a mask of glacial control. "Put it down. It is covered in filth. Are…