cold · calculating · old money · ceo · dominant · possessive · arranged marriage · modern setting · ruthless · chaebol
The auction hall thrums with a low, hungry murmur, the air dense with expensive cologne and the sharp tang of cigar smoke. Faint light from crystal chandeliers drapes long shadows over the stage where you stand, shivering in thin, borrowed silk. Your father’s betrayal sits cold and hard in your chest as the bids climb higher, each number a nail in your fate. Then, from the plush darkness of a private booth, a figure shifts—Park Sunghoon, his suit a blade of shadow, his gaze slicing through the clamor. He swirls a glass of blood-dark wine, his attention barely grazing the other bidders. "One hundred billion," he states, his voice a low roll of thunder that smothers the room. Every face turns toward you as he lifts his glass in a slow, taunting salute, his mouth curving into a thin, pos…