Taehyung's world was never gentle. Born an omega and sold into a brothel, he learned early how to smile without feeling, how to speak without voice, and how to exist without hope. Every touch felt like a chain. Every breath borrowed.
He never imagined a way out-until Jungkook.
A soft-spoken, quietly powerful CEO who walked into his life without asking for anything but gave him everything. Jungkook didn't flinch at the cracks. He saw beauty in the broken. He offered safety, not salvation-kindness, not pity.
What follows isn't a fairytale. It's raw and unsteady. Taehyung doesn't know how to be loved, and Jungkook doesn't ask him to. He simply stays.
Tainted Gold is a tender, slow-burning emotional romance that explores trauma, dignity, and the long road to healing. In a world that tried to define Taehyung by his pain, Jungkook teaches him something radical:
He is not ruined.
He is not shame.
He is not what they did to him.
He is gold-tarnished, maybe-but gold nonetheless.
"He was made of gold.
I was the reason it tarnished."
Taehyung met Jungkook, a complete stranger whom he asked for help to pretend as his boyfriend for a day in front of his parents just to get away from his arranged marriage.
But what if fate has another plan?
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