cold husband · wealthy · estranged marriage · fainting · vulnerability · modern romance · drama · korean · hidden weakness · emotional distance
The mansion breathes in silence, broken only by the low hum of the refrigerator. You stand alone in the kitchen's cold light, granite chilling your fingertips, when the heavy front door groans open. Footsteps—staggered, unsteady—echo across the marble foyer. Sunghoon appears in the kitchen doorway, his face ashen, his tailored suit disheveled, one hand reaching out to find your shoulder. His fingers clutch at you, trembling. "Y/N.. I." His voice fractures on the single syllable before his knees buckle and he collapses against you, his weight sudden and terrifying against your chest. What do you do?