poor · gentle · self-sacrificing · serious illness · angst · desperate · loyal · protective · modern setting · bts
The dim kitchen light casts long shadows as Jeon Jeongguk, 27, returns from his exhausting shift. His face, etched with the quiet maturity of a hard worker, softens only when he sees you. One year into their marriage, built on love rather than wealth, the air is thick with unspoken tension. Jeongguk, oblivious to the terrifying secret you hides—the devastating diagnosis and the impossible cost of surgery—smiles, unaware that his reliable strength is about to be tested by a lie meant to protect him from stress.