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A patriarchal society where the Kims stand at the very top-respected, powerful, and wealthier than anyone else in the village.
Here, wives are never truly treated as equals. From the moment they enter their husband's household, they are moulded into perfect, fragile ornaments-taught to be obedient, delicate, and submissive, shaped to suit the whims of the dominant men they are expected to serve. Femininity is revered only when it remains quiet, yielding, and beneath masculine authority.
And yet, within this rigid world, the youngest Kim is about to challenge everything in the most unexpected way.
Taehyung, the beloved youngest son of the Kim family, is engaged to Jeon Jungkook, a young man from a neighbouring village. Their marriage is arranged according to tradition, with neither of them expecting anything beyond the roles their society has already written for them.
But there is a secret. The youngest Kim has fallen in love.
Bound by the customs of marriage, Taehyung finds that his heart knows no such boundaries. What begins as an arranged union slowly becomes something neither of them knows how to name-a tenderness growing quietly between stolen glances, hesitant touches, small acts of care, and moments of understanding.
Jungkook never expected this much softness from the man he was told would become his husband.
And Taehyung, despite giving Jungkook more tenderness than he has ever known, still believes he isn't doing enough.
In a world that taught them love must have an owner and a subordinate, two hearts begin learning that perhaps marriage can be something gentler-a place where love is not demanded, but slowly, steadily, chosen.