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"...Say that again," he murmurs.
Jake frowns. "What?"
"That tone," Heeseung says quietly, stepping closer. "The way you just spoke to me."
In a city that never slows down, where money speaks louder than morals and nights blur into mistakes, Heeseung Lee has everything.
Wealth.
Power.
Beauty.
And absolutely nothing real.
"You're wasting your life," his mother says, voice tight with concern.
Heeseung doesn't even look up.
"It's mine to waste."
Careless, arrogant, and untouchable, Heeseung lives in the heart of Los Angeles like it belongs to him. Parties, strangers, empty nights-he's built a life where nothing matters long enough to hurt.
Until his parents decide they've had enough.
"You're getting married," his father says.
"To who?" Heeseung scoffs.
"To someone who will remind you how to live."
And just like that-
Jake enters his life.
A stranger from a small, quiet town.
A man with no interest in wealth, no understanding of excess, and no patience for arrogance.
"I didn't come here for your money," Jake says calmly the first night.
Heeseung smirks faintly. "Then you came to the wrong place."
The marriage is forced.
The resentment is immediate.
"...I'm your husband. Whether you like it or not."
Two worlds collide under one roof.
One built on indulgence.
The other on discipline.
Jake tries.
But Heeseung?
He keeps pushing.
Late nights.
Different faces.
A life that Jake can't recognize-let alone accept.
"I'm tired, Heeseung," he says, voice shaking-but not weak.
"Tired of what?" Heeseung challenges.
"Of you acting like nothing matters!"
The words hit harder than they should.
"Not even yourself," Jake snaps.
Something shifts.
Something dangerous.
And suddenly-this isn't just a forced marriage anymore.
Because the night Jake steps in to save Heeseung, is the night everything becomes real.
"Why would you do that?" Heeseung asks, shaken for the first time.
"Because you're my responsibility."