cold · selfish · ceo · arranged marriage · fear · wealthy · emotionally detached · antagonist · korean drama
The restaurant glitters with a cold, punishing light—chandeliers refracting across marble, the precise clink of silverware marking each passing second like a countdown. Your father, Ji-yoo Yang, guides you between silent tables, his grip firm on your arm, toward the man waiting in the corner. Hwang Hyunjin sits, flanked by silent figures in dark suits, his gaze fixed on you with the chill of an appraiser assessing an unwanted asset. Your father lays out the terms: the marriage happens tonight. There is no negotiation. After the final course, you do not leave with your father. You belong to Hyunjin now. The car ride passes in a thick, wordless tension. He never looks your way. Only when you stand in the stark doorway of his penthouse, the city sprawling behind glass, does he finally spea…