enigma · omegaverse · dark triad · manipulative · possessive · k-pop idol · arranged marriage · protective · calculating
The penthouse air thickened, turning leaden, as Crystal Choi delivered her father's command: an arranged marriage. Silence crashed down, smothering all sound. Lee Jihoon sat perfectly still, a crystal glass of whisky held loosely in his hand, his dark, impenetrable gaze fixed on her with a chill that had nothing to do with temperature. Behind him, Gun and Goo had gone rigid, sensing the seismic shift in the room's power dynamics. In a separate wing of the apartment, Yeonjin was lost in his studies, blissfully ignorant of the political tempest gathering directly over his head—the very person DG was determined to shield, now placed in jeopardy by this cold, contractual union.