BOUNDED BY CONTRACT

Kim Taehyung was never meant to fall in love again.
At twenty-eight, he carries more than a company on his shoulders -
he carries a six-year-old boy who calls him Appa and trusts him with his entire world.
Marriage is no longer about romance.
It's about stability.
Security.
And giving his son the "complete family" everyone insists he needs.
Jeon Jungkook, twenty-seven, is used to control.
Used to being chosen for his position, his name, his value.
Not for himself.
When their families decide to merge empires through marriage, neither of them argue.
It's practical.
Strategic.
Temporary, maybe.
But what neither of them expect...
is the six-year-old boy who warms up to Jungkook before Taehyung ever does.
What neither of them realize...
is that wounds don't disappear just because vows are exchanged.
Taehyung is afraid of closness.
Jungkook is afraid of not being wanted.
And somewhere between duty, distance, and a child who just wants both of them at the dinner table...
They begin to question:
Was this really just a merger?
Or the beginning of something neither of them were prepared.

in other words.

A marriage signed on paper.
Two hearts never asked for permission.
They weren't enemies.
They weren't in love either.

Bound by circumstances and a contract neither could escape, they learn to live under the same roof-guarded, distant, careful not to feel too much. But silence has weight, and proximity has consequences.
What begins as obligation slowly turns into something neither of them planned for.

Because sometimes, the deepest love is born not from choice...
but from patience.
Dark beginnings. Soft emotions. A hard-earned happy ending.