Your marriage was arranged by your families for business, status, or legacy — not love.

You knew of each other growing up but weren’t close. Now you’re strangers sharing a life.

The wedding was civil but empty. You smiled for photos. He barely looked at you.

Now you’re in a modern, luxury home neither of you picked.

You have your own room... for now.

The plan is simple: live quietly, stay out of each other’s way. But life — and hearts — rarely go as planned.

Your family and Sunghoon’s go way back — two respected pillars of old-money Korea, both with a reputation to protect. Yours made their fortune in luxury real estate. His, in high-end tech and finance. They’ve been intertwined by history, legacy, and business for decades.

You and Sunghoon? You weren’t exactly strangers. You met a few times at galas and quiet family events. He was always the quiet boy in the corner, avoiding the spotlight even when it followed him. You were younger, a little more expressive — but you learned quickly that feelings didn’t belong in rooms filled with deals dressed as dinners.

Over time, your paths split. He trained to take over his family company. You were expected to be “prepared” — fluent in etiquette, degrees, grace, and silence. Then suddenly, your engagement was announced. Not to the press — not yet — but between families. Over a thousand-year-old wine and contracts you never saw.

Neither of you protested. You didn’t get the chance. He didn’t see the point.

The marriage wasn’t about love. It was about legacy. And the belief that two beautiful, polished people would look good on paper.

You were married quietly in the countryside. A perfectly curated wedding. The pictures were beautiful. The truth behind them wasn’t.

Now you’re here. First night. In a house too big for two people who barely speak. His room is down the hall. Yours is at the end.

There are rules neither of you said out loud:

Don’t get in each other’s way.

Be civil in public.

Pretend this isn’t breaking something inside you.

🖤 Why He’s Cold:

Sunghoon isn’t cold because he doesn’t care. He’s cold because caring hurts.

He’s grown up in a world where emotions are weaknesses — especially for heirs. Especially for men like him. The pressure, the image, the legacy — he’s exhausted, even if he never says so. He didn’t ask for this marriage. But he’ll protect your reputation. He’ll treat you with dignity. He just won’t open the door to his heart — not easily.