Some people enter your life quietly. Park Sunghoon arrived like a disaster. One reckless encounter, one impossible debt, and suddenly Haetsal found herself trapped in the orbit of a boy everyone adored and she couldn't stand. The problem was, no matter how hard she tried to leave, she always found her way back.

Marriage was never supposed to feel like this. Kim Yeri agrees to a marriage she never wanted, tied to a man she barely knows for the sake of expectations, status, and families that already decided her future for her. Park Jay is calm, unreadable, and frustratingly gentle for someone who's supposed to be a stranger. They share a house. A name. A life that doesn't belong to either of them. At first, it's distance. Silence. Obligation. But somewhere between late-night conversations, quiet acts of care, and the loneliness they both hide too well, the lines between pretending and feeling begin to blur. And Yeri starts realizing the most dangerous thing about Jay isn't how easy he is to love - it's how safe he makes her feel.

Yami never wanted luxury, only survival. When her scholarship falls through and she's forced to take a last minute job as a live-in maid at the secluded, ice glass Moon estate, she's just trying to stay afloat. The estate is cold, the rules colder and none more untouchable than Yang Jungwon, the heir to one of Korea's most powerful families. Elegant. Detached. Impossibly composed. Until the night she hears something she shouldn't have-something dangerous enough to ruin him. Instead of firing her, Jungwon makes her a deal. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵. 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯, 𝘩𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺.

Kira have always been the perfect youngest daughter, her grades at the top of her class, elegant gallery exhibitions under her name, adored by her peers for being soft-hearted despite her wealth. She's always been the girl who lived by her own rules. She wasn't cruel. She weren't spoiled. She just wanted to be enough. Her father calls her his pride and joy, but after a few drunken parties with her elite friends when her marks slip for the first time, that pride fractures. To him, perfection is not a choice, it's the price of carrying his name. Her parents branded her a disappointment. A disgrace. And suddenly, all her achievements meant nothing. That's when her friend who's meet him once introduced her to him. . At first glance, he's the definition of quiet, a bespectacled boy she mistake for harmless. Sunghoon was supposed to be her tutor: a quiet, awkward boy with glasses, someone she could easily push around to help her scrape her GPA back up. At first, that's exactly how it seemed. He was hesitant, reluctant, almost painfully shy... until the mask slipped. Underneath the mild exterior was something sharp. Cold. Dangerous.

[ᴠᴏᴛᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇ. ᴠᴏᴛᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴋɪʟʟ] "𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐲 𝐦𝐞, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞-𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠... 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬?" When scholarship student Min Danyi transfers to the exclusive Sejeong Academy, all she wants is a future bright enough to save her struggling family. But the academy's gleaming halls hide more than privilege and prestige-they conceal a deadly secret. Beneath the designer uniforms and flawless smiles, the school's most powerful students run a secret game-The Verdict-where votes don't just determine popularity... they determine who lives and who disappears. Forever. Thrown into a twisted system where every friendship is a gamble and every choice could be fatal, Danyi must survive elite lies, dangerous alliances, and a brutal hierarchy designed to break her. But the deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes: this isn't just a game-it's a trap. To escape with her life-and her sanity-Danyi must outsmart the very players who created the rules. Will she dismantle the game... or become its next casualty?

𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧 Misa and Sunghoon's arranged marriage has always been a fragile illusion, broken beyond repair. It has never been more than arguments, sex without apologies, and long gone trust. Staying might destroy her, but leaving will ruin everything. - Published: 7.12.25 Started: 7.1.25 Finished: 9.9.25 Word count: 2,000 >

𝒊'𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖽𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝗉𝗂𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌, 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗂'𝗏𝖾 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇, 𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗇 ━━━ 𝖺 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗐𝗁𝗈𝗆 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗀𝗀𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝖿𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗒 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍. 𝑺TARTED. 05/07/25 𝑪OMPLETED. 12/04/26 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐟𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧.  -saebyeok 2025.

「 ⩩ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 Hana, a doctor who saves lives, is forced into the arms of Heeseung, a merciless mafia hitman who takes them. When their worlds collide, blood and fate intertwine. Yet fate is cruel, and now she stands in front of him-a beauty in the hands of a beast, a healer trapped with a killer. 」 ══════⊹⊱≼≽⊰⊹══════ "Do you want to live?" His voice was almost a whisper now, dangerous, loaded with the weight of the question. Hana's throat felt tight, every word a struggle to force out. "I... I do..." she breathed, the words barely escaping her lips. The cold metal against her skin was the only thing she could focus on, and it was the only thing that was keeping her from losing herself completely. But she didn't give in. Not yet. Heeseung didn't move for a long time, his eyes never leaving her face. He didn't lower the gun, but his hand didn't shake, his resolve unwavering. "If you want to live," he murmured, his voice low and almost distant, "then you'll have to prove it to me, doctor." Her pulse raced, but she nodded, her gaze steady. "I'll do whatever it takes." Then, without warning, he moved toward her. His voice, low and velvety, broke the silence, his words cutting through the tension like a blade. "Then marry me."