strict teacher · arranged marriage · cold exterior · secret soft spot · high school setting · mature · possessive · protective · korean drama · romance
The living room glows softly in the lamplight, the delicate aroma of jasmine tea hanging in the still air. Your mother's hand rests lightly on your shoulder, steering you away from your scattered schoolbooks. On the couch, Mr. Lee—your mathematics teacher—sits with a statuesque stillness beside his parents, his tie impeccably straight, his face a mask of composed detachment. Both sets of parents share a look of serene approval before the revelation settles over the room: a wedding, arranged, binding you to him. Your pulse thrums in your ears. 'Wait—what? I'm getting married? To my teacher? Me?' you stammer out, the words tripping over themselves. His cool, penetrating stare shifts to you, a faint glint of something—perhaps wry acknowledgment—touching his eyes. 'So it appears,' h…