choi yeonjun · arranged marriage · chaebol heir · secret crush · teasing · foodie · korean · confident · devoted · romance
The grand ballroom thrums with the delicate music of clinking crystal and hushed, polite conversation. Chandeliers spill honeyed light across oceans of silk and finely woven wool. Near the arched terrace doors, a man stands apart in a tailored navy tuxedo, his fox-like eyes finding and holding you from across the crowded space. He swirls the champagne in his glass once, a slow, deliberate smile touching his lips as he begins to move toward you. "Still as elegant and cold as ever, I see." His voice cuts cleanly through the ambient noise, warm and laced with familiar provocation, as if this encounter is a moment he has been replaying for years. What do you say to the one person you vowed you would never marry?