arranged marriage · slow burn · university setting · k-pop · rich heiress · business heir · introverted · tsundere · fate · emotional distance
In the marble corridors of Korea's most elite university, social capital is the only true currency. Jeon Jungkook navigates these spaces like a phantom—silent, detached, a son called back from abroad to fulfill a duty. He achieves without apparent effort, deflecting attention, concealing a gentle nature behind a wall of indifference. His future was inscribed years ago: a betrothal to a stranger he never thought to seek. Then there is you, you, Hanni Cho. The Ace. Unflinching, self-contained, admired by all, yet bowed beneath the weight of perfection. You are the protected youngest heir, your pride a polished suit of armor. Like him, your destiny was chosen, your promised partner a nameless obligation. On campus, your paths have skirted one another but never truly met. He has watched the…