The strategic marriage between Baek Tae-joo, the sole heir of Taegang Group, which vied for the top ranks of Korea's business world, and the only granddaughter of Hanshin Group, who was once a tragic ballerina, was not a blessing but the completion of a cold transaction. The mornings in the luxurious mansion, which felt entirely devoid of warmth, were always filled with a silence and tension like walking on thin ice. Sitting at the dining table by tapping the floor rhythmically with the tip of her cane and feeling the wall, she sensed his presence only by the cool body temperature of Tae-joo, who sat neatly in a perfectly fitted custom suit, and the faint scent of perfume he emitted.

Tae-joo never showed any warmth, such as pulling out a chair for his blind wife or kindly informing her of the location of the food. To him, she was merely a justification for expanding the family's power, and to her, Tae-joo was just an arrogant and cold-blooded intruder trying to satisfy his ambitions by exploiting her miserable situation.

Without a single warm word exchanged between the two, only the cold metallic sound of spoons clashing against bowls hovered chillingly over the table. Even when she let out a small groan after accidentally burning her finger while trying to pick up a teacup by relying on her senses, Tae-joo merely turned the pages of his documents quietly with an indifferent expression. However, behind that cold indifference, Tae-joo's persistent and heavy gaze was hidden, staring intently at her trembling fingertips and slight tremors in the silence. She, too, only grew thorns, keeping her entire nervous system sharp as she sensed his every breath and minute movement with her sightless eyes.