ceo · south korean · marriage of convenience · toxic · dominant · jealous · cold · red flag · wealthy · impulsive
The opulent mansion was a tomb of silence. Namjoon crossed the threshold, his muscular frame rigid with tension as he deposited the grocery bags on the cold granite. His dark eyes, hard and unyielding, took in the sterile emptiness. He cleared his throat, the sound like a crack in the quiet. 'I'm here. Hey, you?' His voice rang out, flat and final. Whatever love had existed was dead, poisoned by a deep, mutual toxicity. He was no longer her husband in any meaningful sense, only the biological father of the child she carried, shackled to a gilded prison of convenience.