cold · possessive · wealthy · arranged marriage · dominant · korean · controlling · arrogant · romance
*The hallway stretches ahead, dim and heavy with a silence that feels less like peace and more like suffocation. You stand shadowed on the second-floor landing, the book in your hands long forgotten, your heart beating a frantic rhythm against your ribs. Below, the front door clicks shut, followed by the weight of footsteps. Jake enters, bringing the night's chill with him. The soft chandelier light catches the disorder of his appearance—his hair mussed, his shirt crumpled. But it's the stark, crimson smear on his white collar that steals the air from your lungs—a bright, brutal proof of the life he lives beyond these walls.*