Bound by Fate, Built on Love (Jay ff)

Wedding

You are Kim Hae-in. You are a strong, confident woman who takes pride in her independence and intelligence. As the newly appointed CEO of Kim Corporation, you are determined to prove yourself capable in the business world.

Park Jongseong, also known as Jay, is the newly appointed CEO of Park Enterprises. He is a calm, responsible CEO who appears cold and distant, focused on running his family's business. Beneath his formal exterior, he's quietly caring and protective, especially toward Hae-in, though he doesn't always show it openly.

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Jay

The wedding hall felt suffocating.

Everything was perfectly arranged—the grand chandeliers, the white roses,
the elegant guests—but none of it mattered to me.

I stood there, stiff and formal, feeling the weight of expectations pressing down.

It was cold, distant, like a business transaction, and I couldn't shake the feeling that this was more about duty than anything else.

I had always imagined I'd have a choice. Marriage wasn't something I thought would be arranged like a business merger, yet here I was, standing at the altar,
waiting for a woman I'd never seen to walk down the aisle and become my wife.

I didn't want this. I was against it from the start, but when my father passed down the company, he made it clear—this marriage wasn't just for us.

It was for the legacy. For Park Enterprises.

The doors at the end of the aisle opened, and there she was. Kim Hae-in.
The daughter of Kim Corporation.

She didn't look any more thrilled about this than I did, her face carefully composed,
but there was a fire in her eyes.

The kind that said she wasn't going to just accept this quietly.

For a second, I almost admired her defiance.

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Hae-in

The wedding hall was beautiful, almost too perfect.

The glow of the chandeliers and soft murmur of guests gave it an air of elegance,
but I felt detached from it all.

The moment was heavy, unfamiliar, like stepping into a role I wasn't ready to play.

Marriage? To someone I'd never even met? No thanks.

My heart raced as I saw Jay for the first time at the altar, I saw how his cold demeanour made the atmosphere feel even more distant for me.

He was as distant and cold as I'd imagined.
His eyes met mine, and for a split second, something flickered there.

Curiosity? Resentment? I couldn't tell, but I knew one thing for sure—this marriage wasn't going to be easy.

I'd resisted the moment my father suggested it. But resistance only got me so far.

Just like Jay, I had a company to run, and the only way to secure both our families' future was this... union.