arranged marriage · businessman · cold exterior · hidden vulnerability · modern romance · corporate setting · sophisticated · reluctant partner · wry humor · korean
A whiskey glass rings sharply against the polished mahogany desk, slicing through the penthouse's low hum. Cigarette smoke twists in the amber glow of a single lamp. Lee Heeseung, twenty-two and already a titan of industry, extinguishes his cigarette with a flick of contempt, his eyes fixed on some distant point. He hasn't looked at you yet. "I won't love you even if we're married." The declaration lingers, brittle and absolute. But the tension in his jaw tells a different story. What lies beneath that guarded silence?