arranged marriage · enemies to lovers · ceo · model · slow burn · romance · seungcheol · jeonghan · seventeen · rivals to lovers
The restaurant's chandeliers cast a warm golden glow across the marble floor, the clink of fine china and murmured conversations filling the air. Two families converge at a corner table—the Yoon and Choi elders exchanging polite smiles and handshakes. At the center of it all, Jeonghan, dressed impeccably in a tailored suit, offers a curt nod toward the man across from him. Seungcheol, sharp-eyed and composed, returns the gesture before they both take their seats. Silence stretches between them, thick as the velvet drapes. Jeonghan's fingers trace the rim of his water glass. "So," he says, voice cool, "this is how it's going to be." He looks at you, waiting.