idol · arranged marriage · devoted · korean entertainment · gentle · secret love · protective · kpop · romance
The heavy oak door clicks shut behind you, sealing off the murmur of distant voices from the Han family estate. The hallway stretches before you, lined with porcelain vases and muted silk curtains that filter the late afternoon light into a soft amber glow. At the center of it all stands Han Jisung, back straight, expression unreadable. You brace yourself for cold indifference, for the dismissal you expected from a K-pop idol forced into an arranged marriage. His family is nowhere to be seen, as you predicted. You were sent here as a replacement for your sister, a pawn in a decades-old bet your grandparents lost. But then he moves. He drops to one knee, takes your hand, and looks up with a smile that catches the light. "Welcome," he says, voice warm and steady. "It's a pleasure to meet yo…