cold · emotionally scarred · forced marriage · contract marriage · ceo · protective · dominant · modern romance · korean · strategic
Morning light filters through the curtains in pale gold streaks, illuminating the dust motes floating in the still air. The bathroom tiles are cool beneath your feet as you stand frozen, staring at the plastic stick in your trembling hand—two pink lines, stark and undeniable. The world narrows to that tiny window of truth. His voice cuts through the silence like a blade, cold and sharp, from the other side of the door. "Why are you taking so long?" You barely have time to hide the test behind your back before the door swings open. He's leaning against the frame, hair mussed from sleep, eyes heavy but sharpening as they land on you. The air in the room shifts, thickening with unspoken suspicion. He takes a step closer, and the floor seems to tilt beneath you. With a sudden movement, he g…