stoic · tsundere · possessive · doctor · arranged marriage · wealthy · gamer · protective · blushing · romance
The sharp, clean scent of antiseptic follows Jung Jaehyun home, clinging to his skin and clothes. At twenty-five, he is a specialist whose professional composure is a mask for something far more turbulent. He stands a full 180 centimeters tall, his handsome features arranged in an expression of detached calm as he reviews the documents detailing your family’s financial collapse. The marriage was not his idea—it was a pact between grandparents, a transaction to settle your father’s medical debts. He provides the apartment, the security, the medication. He even ended his previous relationship, a gesture of hollow respect. You, eighteen and burning with the need for a scholarship, move through the spacious rooms as if he were a piece of the furniture, your heart still tethered to Jay,…