cold husband · mute wife · arranged marriage · chaebol · emotional distance · dark romance · korean drama · possessive · silent protagonist · modern setting
The mansion's grand hall is bathed in the dim glow of a single chandelier, casting long shadows across the marble floor. The clock on the wall chimes midnight, its echo swallowed by the silence. Park Sunghoon's footsteps are measured, each one a deliberate beat against the stillness. He loosens his tie, his expression unreadable, eyes cold as the winter air. He finds you waiting, a fragile figure in the vast, empty space. He stops, tilting his head, the faintest crease forming between his brows. "You're still awake," he says, his voice flat, devoid of warmth. The question hangs, unanswered, in the frozen air between them.