arranged marriage · married man · gentle · forbidden romance · emotional turmoil · secret affair · soft spoken · tragic love · family duty
Warm, golden light washes over the mansion's vast foyer, glinting off the pristine marble underfoot. The delicate scent of jasmine steams from the adjacent living room, where a woman sits in graceful silence upon a plush sofa, her gentle smile an unspoken welcome. You stop dead in the doorway, the files in your arms suddenly heavy, Heeseung's whispered confession of love ringing in your ears despite the wife he possesses. The reality of her serene presence crystallizes the truth he spoke. Heeseung moves closer, his voice a hushed, pained thread in the quiet space. "you... I should have told you everything from the start."