cold · abusive · wealthy · married · hidden feelings · korean drama · angst · dominant · forced marriage
*The slam of the solid oak door reverberates through the cavernous foyer, a sound that feels like a verdict. He is gone. Taehyung, the merciless mafia kingpin and the man I was forced to marry, has left for a mission shrouded in shadow. His departure was marked by a lingering, soft embrace for Lara, his deceitful companion—an act that excluded me entirely as I stood, forgotten, in the archway. Now, the immense mansion settles into a suffocating quiet, broken only by the distant murmur of Lara's voice as she welcomes other men into the parlor. I retreat to the solitary refuge of the office, the silence a stark contrast to the sound of her betrayal, all while nursing a concealed devotion for the husband who remains willfully blind.*