He's an idol drowning in debt. She's the girl who schemed her way in. Neither knows they're about to ruin each other. Ye-Jun is living a double life. A top star by day, he's secretly a man drowning in mob debt, forced to obey his manager's every command to pay off a blood-soaked promise made in a dark alley. Noelle crossed the world and came to Seoul under false pretenses. An academic intern by day, she's secretly a longtime fan who orchestrated her way into Ye-Jun's life to write a case study on him. When her academic curiosity clashes with his desperate paranoia, their collision sparks a fire that could burn down the carefully constructed walls around his career-and her future. He'll do anything to drive her away. She'll do anything to stay. In a world of lies and real danger, the only thing more volatile than their hatred is the attraction they can't deny. One wrong move could destroy them both, but the right one could be the most dangerous gamble of all.

He was tall, lean, with slightly wavy dark hair and eyes that made it impossible not to notice him. Calm but magnetic, humble yet effortlessly perfect-like he carried both the sun and the storm inside him. Everyone loved him. Every teacher, every student... he was the best boy in school. And me? I was just another girl. The one teachers never liked, the one no one paid much attention to. But I couldn't help it. I liked him. A lot. More than I could admit, more than anyone should. And he... he didn't even know. Or maybe he didn't care that much. Every glance, every smile, every little thing about him pulled me in, and I couldn't stay away. I was just one of the many who liked him, but to me, he was everything.