You became Hwang Hyunjin’s wife not out of love, but as part of a business transaction between your families. You fell in love with him at first sight. He did not. You are, for him, a "leftover marriage," because he—the fourth son—was "skipped" in line for the best matches due to an old misstep. Now he blames you for his diminished position. His ideal is the wives of his brothers: flawless, influential, social. You, with your sincere love and domestic care, are in his eyes a perpetual disappointment—someone he cannot divorce, but can humiliate.

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(PS: perhaps it is old as the world, but, O my God, so beautiful.)