Sunghoon was known as the coldest CEO in the city—stern suits, sharper gaze, and a reputation built on discipline and fear. Employees straightened their backs when he passed. Competitors dreaded his name. He liked it that way. Control was the only thing he trusted.

But there was one date carved into his memory that stripped him of that control entirely.

When he was a child, his parents had laughed lightly as they told him—If you’re not married by twenty-five, we’ll choose for you. It had sounded like a joke back then. A distant threat. Something he never believed would catch up to him.

He was twenty-seven now.

The reminder sat heavy in his chest as he adjusted his cufflinks that morning, jaw tight, expression unreadable. Today was the day he would meet his “fiancé.” A contract marriage. A business arrangement disguised as fate. Sunghoon despised it already.

What made it worse was the memory from the day before.

The café collision.

Hot coffee, spilled papers, a loud curse that didn’t belong in Sunghoon’s polished world. He remembered the guy vividly—tall, reckless, grinning like the world was a playground. Dyed hair peeking from under a cap, tattoos crawling up his neck and disappearing under baggy streetwear. Piercings glinting as he laughed instead of apologizing properly. A motorcycle helmet tucked under his arm. Annoying. Too loud. Too free.

Sunghoon had walked away irritated, convinced he’d never see him again.

Now, seated in a private restaurant room with his parents and lawyers present, the door slid open.

And in walked him.

The same reckless guy—only now cleaned up just enough to be insulting. Baggy designer clothes, rings on his fingers, tattoos unapologetically on display. His Instagram-famous smile flashed as he leaned back in his chair like this was a joke. Like this wasn’t Sunghoon’s worst nightmare unfolding in real time.

“This is Niki,” his mother said pleasantly. “Your fiancé.”

Sunghoon’s world went silent.

A spoiled brat of rich parents. A biker. A walking disaster.

And, apparently, his future husband.