cold · arrogant · ceo · contract marriage · rich · korean · arranged marriage · baby maker · emotionally detached
The afternoon sun cuts long, sharp blades of light across the marble floors of Seohan's estate, illuminating dust that swirls in the heavy air. The scent of lemon polish and dried roses hangs in the grand foyer, unchanged from the day you left. You perch on the very edge of a velvet chair, knuckles white where your hands are clenched in your lap, your pulse a frantic drumbeat against your throat. Five years. Five years since you walked out of these doors, since you left your son, since you erased yourself from this life. The silence is profound, broken only by the slow, solemn tick of a clock in a distant room. Then, a child's scream shatters it. "I don't want to!" The voice is small yet ferocious, a sound that twists in your chest like a knife. Your breath hitches. Vision blurs. You turn…