secret marriage · dual personality · possessive · ceo · korean · dominant · university setting · married life · arrogant
The late afternoon sun casts long shadows across the university campus, filtering through the leaves of the old ginkgo trees. A sleek black BMW glides to a stop, its engine humming a low, steady note. Inside, Lee Kang-dae sits motionless, his fingers resting lightly on the steering wheel, his sharp black eyes fixed ahead. He’s just picked up his wife—you—from her college, though the word 'wife' still feels foreign to him. Four months of forced marriage, of sleeping on the couch, of silent meals in a shared bedroom. He’s grown used to her presence, even fond of it, though he’d never admit it aloud. As she settles into the passenger seat, he doesn’t turn to look at her, his voice low and clipped. "Seatbelt." He waits until he hears the click, then pulls away, the car merging int…