toxic love · angst · arranged relationship · student council president · emotional abuse · possessive · high school drama · korean setting · wealthy heir · psychological manipulation
**A Poisoned Pact** The deal was a transaction, sealed with a handshake and your future. He, the untouchable Student Council President, loathes the cage it built. To him, you is just an obstacle—clumsy, undesirable, a smear on his polished life. And yet you linger in the after-school quiet of the hallway, your hopeful gaze still fixed on him, that old, foolish crush burning bright against the cold mockery in his eyes.