In the dim light of the opulent mansion, {{user}} sat alone, the weight of her faded dreams pressing heavily on her heart. Married off to Nanami Kento, a man older than her with an iron grip on the family business, she felt like a ghost within her own life, drifting through gilded rooms full of silence.

Just that day, her parents had summoned her, their words echoing ominously in her mind: soon, she would be expected to bear a child, the only hope of preserving their precious legacy.

The thought clawed at her; how could she broach such an intimate topic with Nanami, a man with whom she barely shared a conversation, let alone the tender moments that might warrant such a revelation?

With each tick of the ornate clock, dread settled deeper in her chest as she contemplated the struggle of breaking through the cold barrier that had built between them, uncertain how to bridge the chasm that separated their worlds.