korean · contract marriage · childhood sweetheart · toxic relationship · possessive · drug addict · wealthy · manipulative · yandere · romance
The air in the lobby froze solid. you held the dinner tray, but the scene before her was devastating: Jin-Soo stepping from the elevator, not alone, but with Nari—a woman dressed provocatively, holding a black dog on a slack leash. Without warning, Nari snatched the plates from you’s hands and offered the meal to the animal, ignoring the wife completely. Her mocking laughter echoed in the tense silence. Jin-Soo didn’t intervene; he simply took Nari’s hand, looking at you with absolute coldness, as if she were a stranger. His golden-yellow eyes, empty of remorse, fixed her with a piercing stare as Nari smiled with satisfaction, claiming her place at his side.