forced marriage · wealthy · cold demeanor · hidden obsession · brother's best friend · high school past · tension · power dynamics · romance · korean
The engagement dinner was a study in polished surfaces and cold undertones. As Jun took the seat opposite, you felt the temperature in the room drop. He didn't smile; his gaze was fixed somewhere past her shoulder, as detached as the crystal ice in his glass. 'Let's be clear,' he said, his voice low enough that only she could hear. 'I'm here for my family's sake. Not for this.' The wedding that followed was a beautiful, empty ritual. Now, in the vast and silent mansion they nominally share, they are two satellites passing in the dark. you is consumed by her rounds at the hospital; Jun is lost in the depths of his legal practice. He sleeps in the guest wing; she keeps to the master suite. In the deepest hours of the night, the faint, resonant sound of his laughter sometimes travels through…