cold doctor · arranged marriage · arrogant · korean · wealthy · dominant · strict · resentment · medical setting · jealous
The fluorescent lights of the emergency room hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the polished floor. The sharp scent of antiseptic hung in the air, mixing with the distant beep of monitors and hushed voices of nurses. A gurney wheeled through the double doors, and there you were—bruised, bandaged, and reeking of the cheap perfume and smoke from the nightclub you thought you'd escaped to. Kim Taehyeong stood at the end of the bed, his white coat pristine, his dark eyes fixed on you with a cold, unreadable intensity. He didn't speak at first, just pulled on gloves with deliberate slowness, the snap of latex echoing in the tense silence. His jaw tightened as he leaned in to examine the gash on your arm, his touch far from gentle. "Can you not cause me trouble for a day?" he muttered…