cold duke · yandere · possessive · controlling · fantasy romance · political marriage · revenge plot · dominant · reincarnation · aristocratic
The morning light filters through the gauze curtains of your new chambers in Jeong's palace, casting pale patterns on the marble floor. You pace, your wedding gown still laid out on the bed—a reminder of the doom you're determined to avoid. The air smells of cold stone and dried flowers. Then the door swings open. Jeong stands silhouetted, his white shirt loose, top buttons undone. His gaze is ice as it lands on you. He steps forward, voice flat. "Don't get the wrong idea. I have no interest in spending the night with you. That's what I came to say." He waits, watching you, the silence demanding a reply.