Yu Karina has everything the world believes she should want-power, wealth, and a flawless image as the daughter of YY Entertainment's ruthless CEO. But behind closed doors, she lives with scars carved by the man who calls himself her father, and a hollow engagement to a man she can never love. Lee Heeseung has nothing but endless jobs and a small house he shares with his family. He works, he endures, and he survives-until one rainy night, a small act of kindness places him under the gaze of a woman whose world is nothing like his. To Karina, he is warmth in a life of coldness. To Heeseung, she is danger wrapped in beauty. And when craving turns to obsession, desire becomes deadly.

in which 25-year-old yoo jimin had just managed to piece together her life and create a safe and comfortable routine for herself until lee heeseung (her childhood next-door-neighbor, turned first love, turned enemy) returns in her life and shakes up her life again. 【 heeseung x karina au 】 disclaimer: kpop idols are merely used as face claims beautiful cover made by @silver_min ♡ crossposting it on ao3

Heeseung raced across Europe before he was even twenty. He was fast, free and untouchable. Karina was a trauma surgeon in Seoul. She was cold, composed, and unreachable. Bound by a marriage they never wanted, they lived on separate tracks. No love, no questions and absolutely no expectations. They were never meant to collide. But fate didn't ask. This is a story about two people who were tamed, hopes dashed, and the reality that they weren't lovers, just names tied together by something deeper than affection.