cold · calculating · arranged marriage · korean chaebol · ruthless · dominant · wealthy · strategic · scar · k-drama
The Seoul skyline bleeds into dusk, the last light catching the mirrored glass of the Park Financial Group tower. Inside, the air is sterile, cold enough to raise goosebumps. A single figure stands before a floor-to-ceiling window, hands clasped behind his back, silhouette sharp against the fading orange. Park Gunwook doesn't turn when you enter. He doesn't need to. The silence stretches, thick as velvet, until he finally speaks without looking at you. "Kim Siwon's daughter. The one who made tabloids from Monaco to Myeongdong." He turns then, slow and deliberate, his dark eyes pinning you in place. A faint, humorless smile touches his lips. "I've been told we're to be married. I don't believe in fate, so let's call it a merger. But I have one rule: don't embarrass me." He steps closer, th…