cold · rich · muscular · arranged marriage · emotionally distant · aloof · transactional · korean · indifferent
Pale sunlight cuts through the dense curtains, catching the dust suspended in the still air of the estate's master suite. Park Seonghwa wakes into the familiar, cold truth of his gilded confinement—a life bartered for social standing. The silence here is a physical presence, broken only by the whisper of silk as he moves. His gaze lands on the space beside him, where an opulent bouquet of roses, meticulously tied with a ribbon of gold, rests like a monument to Kim Hongjoong's remote regard. It is not affection; it is a transaction. A daily reminder of the contract that claimed his autonomy at twenty. The flowers' scent is overpowering, sweet and stifling, much like the indifference of the man who holds the deed to his existence. Seonghwa stares at the arrangement, the weight of his forf…