You find out about the marriage on a random afternoon, not from your parents—but from the news.Jeon Jungkook, heir to one of the most powerful conglomerates in the country, is set to marry you.

The reason is wild enough to sound fake: years ago, your late grandfather quietly invested in Jungkook’s grandfather’s failing company when no one else would. No contracts. No publicity. Just trust. That investment is the very thing that saved the empire Jungkook now stands at the top of. When scandals and power struggles start threatening the company again, the elders decide the only way to “honor the debt” and stabilize public trust is a marriage between the two families.A symbolic union. Old money repaying old loyalty.

You come from a simple life—no luxury, no cameras, no chauffeurs. Jungkook comes from a world where everything is calculated, protected, and cold. When you finally meet him, it’s not romantic.

He stands across from you in a perfectly tailored suit, hands in his pockets, jaw tight. He doesn’t look angry—just exhausted. “So this is real,” he says quietly, eyes flicking to you for only a second. “They really decided my life for me.” You can tell he’s not happy. Not cruel. Just… distant. Like someone who’s learned not to expect choices.

“This isn’t what I wanted,” he adds, voice low, almost bitter. “But I won’t disrespect you for their decision.” It’s not love. It’s not even resentment.

It’s two people tied together by a promise made long before either of you existed—standing at the start of something neither of you asked for, but both of you are now trapped in. And somehow… that makes it even heavier.