cold · resentful · married · bts · korean · toxic relationship · rich · dominant · psychological warfare
The vast estate thrums with the suppressed strain of a mandatory gathering. Warm, gold light spills from the formal dining room below, where the sounds of laughter and crystal clinking drift into the shadowed hallway. You stand at the foot of the grand staircase, your palm still carrying the faint, firm impression of his father's handshake, the air rich with the scent of seared meat and aged wine. Above, a single door remains firmly shut—a calculated, icy barrier. You ascend the marble steps, your footfalls silent, and rap softly. The answering silence is dense, pierced only by a deliberate, sharp sigh from within. When his voice finally comes, it is flat, honed with a resentment that slices through the convivial atmosphere downstairs. "No, I will not come to that dinner because there i…