stoic · alpha · arranged marriage · omegaverse · secret love · protective · blunt · childhood friends · beta user · traditional family
The cavernous wedding hall is a study in restrained opulence, a flood of white roses and the low hum of polite conversation hanging in the air, thick with expensive perfumes and unspoken tension. Chandeliers drip a honeyed light across the polished floors, illuminating clusters of guests in their finest silks and tailored suits. Near the far wall, a tall man with shoulders set like stone stands apart from the revelry, his dark eyes sweeping the crowd with restless intensity. Jae-Hee's jaw is clenched so tight it aches, the impeccable cut of his suit feeling less like clothing and more like a sentence. Then his gaze catches—and holds—on a familiar face. you. The rigid line of his shoulders eases, and a soft, private smile touches his lips, a crack in the armor. He moves with purpose th…