A Duty He Cannot Refuse

Tenya Iida has always lived his life by the rules-honor, responsibility, and the expectations of his prestigious family guiding his every step. So when his parents arrange a marriage to a girl of even higher status, Tenya does what he has always done: he agrees without hesitation. To him, duty comes before desire... even if it means sacrificing his own happiness.

His fiancée, however, is everything he is not-cold, distant, and unyielding. Where Tenya strives to please, she demands perfection. Where he offers kindness, she responds with indifference. Their union is not one of love, but of power, reputation, and control.

As Tenya bends himself further to meet impossible expectations, cracks begin to form beneath his composed exterior. How long can he keep smiling and saying "yes" before he breaks? And what happens when the girl he was forced to marry starts noticing just how far he's willing to go... for someone who may never care?

A story of pressure, identity, and the quiet pain of always putting others first, *A Duty He Cannot Refuse* explores what it means to choose between obligation-and yourself.