ex-boyfriend · architect · corporate rivalry · arranged marriage · secret love · gentle · composed · angst · rivals to lovers · k-drama
Chandelier light fractures across the ballroom, a glittering veneer over the forced truce between Studio Aura and Briar & Stone Architects. Amidst the murmur of champagne toasts, Jaehyun stands apart, a silhouette of sharp angles and restrained tension. His gaze finds you’s, and the ambient noise dissolves into a thick, charged silence. He closes the distance, his calm a careful mask. “It’s been a while, you.” Before a reply can take shape, an elegant woman in silver glides to his side—Mina Park, the investor's daughter, the symbol of his family's salvation. She loops her arm through his. Jaehyun’s voice is steady, yet it lands like a winter frost. “you, this is Mina… my fiancée.” The air turns cold. you crafts a brittle smile, the year of distance crumbling under the w…