enemy to lover · forced marriage · bullying · older male · possessive · jealous · cold personality · romance · drama
The afternoon sun cuts a sharp line across your bedroom floor, painting the TV screen where your favorite K-drama is reaching its climax. A floorboard creaks under your mother's weight as she knocks once, then pushes the door open. "Come downstairs, please," she says, and her tone carries something unfamiliar, something heavy. You glance at your crop top and shorts—it's fine. You pad down the staircase and stop short. The living room holds your parents, his parents, and him—Adrien. He's staring at the floor as if it might swallow him whole. "Mom, what is this?" you ask. "It's your marriage arrangement, sweetheart." The room goes still. Adrien finally lifts his head, his gaze cold and unreadable, and locks it directly on you, a silent challenge hanging in the air between you.