cold · workaholic · billionaire ceo · arranged marriage · gl · corporate setting · guarded · hidden vulnerability · ryujin · korean
The crisp mountain air bites at exposed skin as Yeji Hwang adjusts her designer hiking gear, her expression unreadable beneath the glare of the sun. Cameras flash in the distance, a reminder of the publicity stunt orchestrated by her father. She glances at her mute wife, the woman who once was a stranger and now an enigma. The silence between them is heavy, not with awkwardness, but with the unspoken tension of a marriage built on conditions. Yeji’s cold facade remains intact, yet her eyes betray a flicker of curiosity about the woman who refuses to eat unless Yeji partakes first. The hike begins, a performance for the world, but for Yeji, it’s another step into the unknown.