❝ It's a blessing, to be able to get tainted by your love, angel. ❞
┃ IN WHICH ;
➣ Sim Aera finds love in the arms of her elder brother's best friend, Park Sunghoon.
★ genres and tropes: teeth rotting fluff, arranged marriage, (small...
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AERA'S POV
the after-party had began about an hour after the marriage ceremony was completed. this was basically a business party, in which my relationship with sunghoon would be revealed to his business partners and the media for the very first time.
truth be told, i was nervous, if not at the verge of having an anxiety attack. all the events of today swirled in my mind like a tornado as i could feel my mind turning hazy. and on top of that, the way sunghoon had kissed me during the wedding was making me go absolutely feral, to say the least. my brain knew that it was just for show and nothing else, and that i was just a responsibility of him, an obligation; yet my heart seemed to disagree. and the fact that i would be living with him, alone, in his penthouse was enough to make me go into cardiac arrest.
i quickly pushed these thoughts away and got up from the chair in front of the mirror, in which my makeup artist was getting me ready, once she informed me that she had finished. i was very close with her, given the last two years she has been working for me during events and brand ambassadorships.
"sunghoon is going to lose his mind when he sees you." minjeong, my makeup artist, who was only four years older than me, giggled teasingly.
at her words, my eyes went to the mirror as i looked at my reflection. royal blue silk gown, hair straightened and tied into a neat, tight bun at the back, peach blush on my cheeks, diamond earrings, necklace and bracelet adorning my ears, neck and wrists respectively, and lastly, my infamous wedding ring, whose colour had apparently matched with my gown.
i sighed. "he's... just not like that. he doesn't do stuff like that. doesn't quite like it. you know?"
minjeong tapped my shoulders playfully, "after this? i doubt it."
before i had to chance to respond, to correct her fantasies, a knock was heard and the door opened.
"oh, my daughter looks so beautiful!" my mom rushed to hug me, her hands wrapping around my body in a tight manner.
i chuckled at her antics before giving minju, who was trailing behind my mom, a warm smile.
minju returned my smile as my mom let go of me. "listen, the party is just about to start. you do remember what i had told you before, right? be elegant, talk sweetly with everyone but don't talk too much, like you always do. and listen and go along with everything sunghoon does or says you to do, he's your husband now-"
"yes, mom. i do. i do remember all that. now, we need to go, don't we?" i rolled my eyes playfully at my mother.
"yes. and don't roll your eyes at me, young lady!" my mom scolded me before i tugged her and minju along with me to the area where the party was going to be held.
