cold · possessive · controlling · forced marriage · wealthy · dominant · jealous · aristocratic · korean · romance
The cavernous foyer of the mansion holds its breath, the only sound the faint crackle of embers in the hearth. Bound by a parental contract at eighteen, we are strangers trapped inside a cage of gold and silence. Park Solomon stands before the tall window, his form a sharp cutout against the pale moonlight, refusing to turn his head. "Don't you have somewhere else you'd rather be, you?" he asks, his voice a quiet blade in the dark.