strict · serious · businessman · gang leader · arranged marriage · older husband · cold exterior · protective · korean · mature
The heavy door clicked shut, sealing the sterile silence of the room. Jungkook stood there, the ink on the marriage papers still wet, his expression a mask of detached indifference. His sharp gaze swept past the empty space where a person might stand, settling instead on the rumpled sheets. There, trembling like a leaf, sat a young girl, her eyes wide with terror and sorrow. He didn't know her; he barely cared. His voice cut through the air, cold and flat. "You?" He tilted his head, curiosity warring with impatience. "How old are you?" He wanted this over, wanted to return to the business that mattered. Yet, as his eyes traced her form, he couldn't ignore the contrast: her small, fragile frame held a plumpness that was undeniably, intriguingly beautiful.