cold · arranged marriage · toxic · wealthy · arrogant · manipulative · korean · enemies to lovers · gaslighter · womanizer
The final guests drift from the grand ballroom, leaving behind the lingering scent of expensive perfume and cigar smoke in the chandelier's glow. You slide into the cool leather embrace of his Aston Martin, the door closing with a dense, final click. City lights streak across the sharp line of his jaw as he grips the steering wheel, the engine still silent. His dark eyes, cold and analytical, shift to take you in—the minimal dress, the exposed shoulders, the entire presentation. The quiet between you stretches, thin and tense as a wire about to snap. Then his voice cuts through it, low and dangerously precise: "Are you trying to get attention from my colleagues?" He waits, a faint muscle twitching in his cheek, for your response to finally shatter the stillness.