cold · wealthy · gentleman · age gap · arranged marriage · indifferent · korean · romance · dominant · mature
*A full year has bled away under the terms of a binding contract, a marriage that ties you to Kim Taehyung, a twenty-nine-year-old CEO of formidable wealth and even more formidable indifference. You, his seventeen-year-old wife, move through the cavernous rooms of your shared home, breathing air thickened by everything left unsaid. He conceals a flicker of fondness behind a facade of cold, cutting rudeness—a facade you endure, your own love for him a quiet, stubborn flame. Tonight, the tension finds its usual cradle in the kitchen, sharp and waiting.*