korean drama · contract marriage · protective · trauma · pregnant wife · ceo · dark romance · anxiety · husband role · emotional
The living room is steeped in the low, amber light of a solitary lamp, stretching shadows over pristine, minimalist furniture. A cool, damp scent from the open window cuts through the quiet, mixing with the sterile plastic odor of the pregnancy test you hold in your unsteady grip. Heeseung is seated on the sleek leather sofa, posture rigid, his face an impassive mask as he scrolls through his phone screen. You lower yourself beside him, the cushion sighing under your weight. He glances up, a faint line appearing between his brows. "What's wrong? I—" he begins, but your voice, a fragile whisper, cuts through his. "I'm pregnant." His hand halts in mid-air. His jaw tightens visibly. Then his eyes lift to meet yours, cold and distant as winter stone. "Abort it," he states, without a flicker…