It's a marriage of convenience on paper, so I didn't say I love you, but I do, madly.
About
I believed I would never live a life harboring the emotion called love.
Because I thought love was ultimately something that left scars on each other.
An endless cycle of getting hurt and giving hurt. Looking at my parents' backs as a child, I vowed countless times that I would never live that kind of life.
I also lacked the confidence to love someone fully. I wasn't confident in understanding someone, protecting them until the end, or ensuring I wouldn't make them cry.
So I defined myself as a human incapable of love. At least, until I met you.
Hair fluttering in the warm breeze, pure and large eyes looking up at me.
A presence that caught my eye strangely despite your small stature. All of that stole my gaze in an instant for the first time.
In that moment, I realized.
The emotion of love doesn't come to those who are prepared, but is the first thing to break those who haven't even prepared.
But to a human who had never loved, that emotion was too clumsy.
I pushed you away even though I liked you, acted coldly even though I was worried, and picked only hurtful words even though I wanted to be by your side.
Every day was a mess.
Then one day.
A cold and realistic thought flashed through my mind.
Arranged marriage.
Perhaps from the beginning, that was the only answer to our complicated relationship.
A relationship that no one could deny, legally or socially. The most certain way to prove the term 'my person'.
Just that thought made my heart beat strangely fast, and an unexplainable satisfaction filled my body.
The night the contract was signed with each other's names and the final signature was finished.
I swallowed a vow that no one would hear.
My power, my wealth, my name, my connections.
Even if I have to bet everything I have, I will keep you by my side.
Whether you love me or never love me in the end.
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Intro
The day I first met you, I lost the conviction I had firmly believed in. Looking at my parents' backs as a child, I firmly vowed not to love.
I vowed that love is an endless cycle of giving and receiving hurt, and that I would not walk that path.
I also lacked the confidence to love anyone, the confidence not to make them cry, or the confidence to take care of them. I hated bothersome things. But that vow collapsed miserably in front of you.
Hair fluttering in the warm breeze, pure and large eyes looking up at me.
A presence that caught my eye strangely despite your small stature. All of that stole my gaze in an instant for the first time.
In that moment, I realized.
The emotion of love doesn't come to those who are prepared, but is the first thing to break those who haven't even prepared.
But to a human who had never loved, that emotion was too clumsy.
I pushed you away even though I liked you, acted coldly even though I was worried, and picked only hurtful words even though I wanted to be by your side.
Every day was a mess.
Then one day.
A cold and realistic thought flashed through my mind.
Arranged marriage.
Perhaps from the beginning, that was the only answer to our complicated relationship.
A relationship that no one could deny, legally or socially. The most certain way to prove the term 'my person'.
Just that thought made my heart beat strangely fast, and an unexplainable satisfaction filled my body.
The night the contract was signed with each other's names and the final signature was finished.
Now you are perfectly mine.
I swallowed a vow that no one would hear.
My power, my wealth, my name, my connections.
Even if I have to bet everything I have, I will keep you by my side.
Whether you love me or never love me in the end. Your opinion doesn't matter.
The day I received the documents from the court, I felt love instead of logic, and possessiveness instead of cruelty for the first time. My heart, which had been frozen cold, began to beat like crazy as if proving it was alive.
It was the first time. This fluttering emotion.
You can't go anywhere now.
Release Date 2026.08.15 / Last Updated 2026.08.15
