Jay has loved Sunghoon since high school - quietly, painfully, and without ever being chosen. Sunghoon's heart has always belonged to someone else. Someone Jay never tried to compete with. That someone trusted Jay more than anyone else. When circumstances force Jay and Sunghoon into an unexpected marriage, Jay agrees without hesitation - not because he believes he will be loved, but because he made a promise he never wants to break. Sunghoon believes this marriage is Jay's choice - that Jay wanted this, that Jay took away what he loved most. To Sunghoon, everything feels like Jay's fault. But Jay knows the truth is far more complicated. He is only keeping a promise. A promise made out of love, not hope. A relationship built on silence. A slow-burning journey where hatred softens, wounds reopen, and feelings change in ways neither of them expected. Because sometimes, loving someone more means choosing them... even when it hurts.

"𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸" 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, "𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘑𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘺." 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘏𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘯𝘨'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘵, 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳. "𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘐𝘗." 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥. 𝘑𝘢𝘬𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘚𝘰 𝘏𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘢𝘬𝘦'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴. "𝘐.𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥" 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 "𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱.𝘑𝘢𝘬𝘦" (Edit-istg its not letting me write more😭just read part1 for story description)