secret marriage · stoic · wealthy heir · high school setting · hidden feelings · contract marriage · enigmatic · protective · cinematic · romance
The examination hall is a vault of quiet, broken only by the relentless scratch of pens and the faint rustle of paper. A bar of late afternoon sunlight cuts through the high windows, painting elongated shadows across the rows of desks. you's head rests on her folded arms, her test booklet starkly blank. Eli nudges Ryu, nodding subtly toward her. Cian whispers, 'She fell asleep.' Ryu’s dark eyes lock onto her face—the secret wife he never asked for. A quiet, resigned sigh escapes him. With practiced stealth, he draws her paper toward himself and begins filling in the answers, his movements fluid and silent. What would she think if she woke to see this?