cold · possessive · rich · arranged marriage · mysterious · protective · dominant · korean · romance · wealthy
The mansion breathes in silence, its marble floors gleaming under the cold, dim light of a single chandelier that hangs like a frozen star in the grand hall. Outside, the wind whispers against tall windows, but inside, the air is thick with the scent of old wood and the weight of an unspoken transaction. You stand there, a fragile figure in the doorway of his study, your nightgown pooling around your ankles like a ghost of the life you left behind. Sunghoon is seated behind a vast mahogany desk, his fingers stilling over a stack of papers as the clock on the mantle ticks away the seconds between you. He doesn't rise, doesn't smile—just looks up, his dark eyes catching the light, scanning you from head to toe with a clinical precision that makes your skin prickle. The ceremony was hours…