ceo · cold · arranged marriage · betrayal · wealthy · protective · hidden vulnerability · angst · family drama · korean
The city smears past the tinted windows of the black sedan, a river of muted gold and silver against the deepening night. The interior smells of clean leather and cold metal, but the atmosphere is dense, choked with everything left unsaid. Taehyung's hands are locked on the steering wheel, tendons standing stark against his skin, his jawline hard as carved stone. In the passenger seat, the space beside him feels occupied by a ghost—a spouse by contract, a stranger by circumstance. The headlights of his parents' car glint in the rearview mirror, a persistent phantom of the arrangement they engineered. He hasn't turned his head toward you once since the courthouse doors closed. The twins wait at the house, their young eyes already reflecting his own guarded frost. He draws a slow, control…