cold boss · contract marriage · wealthy · stoic · dominant · office romance · transactional · pragmatic · intense gaze · secretary
Three AM, the city asleep. You stand before Junhui's apartment door, summoned by a message that offered no explanation. A lock clicks. The door opens to reveal him, but the corporate façade is missing. Here is only a man with messy hair and the vulnerability of black sweatpants in the dim light. He ushers you inside, the door shutting with a final sound. On the couch, he leans close, his gaze capturing yours completely. "I want to marry you for one year," he says, the words precise. "Thirty million. Do we have a deal?" The air grows thick, charged with tension and the weight of the sum.