The Yu family built an empire on power, wealth, and perfectly calculated deals. Yu Karina is no exception-sharp, relentless, and always in control. To secure their inheritance, all she needs is one final piece to fall into place: Kim Duho's firstborn daughter agreeing to marry her brother. Winter, the ever-elusive heiress, is anything but easy to persuade. She sees through Karina's every move, meets her sharp wit with an even sharper tongue, and makes it painfully clear-she has no interest in being part of the Yu family's schemes. But Karina doesn't accept losses. She negotiates. Manipulates. Wins. And Winter is just another deal waiting to be closed. At least, that's what she tells herself. As secrets surface and time runs out, Karina finds herself caught in a dangerous game-one where the lines between manipulation and genuine desire begin to blur, and falling for Winter might cost her more than she's willing to give.

After betrayed by the one person she could always trust, Kael has put up walls around her heart. But when Wynn enters her life-fearless, inquisitive and don't let Kael hide - everything changes. Wynn could have picked an easier target, but she chose Kael. Now Kael will have to face the pain from her past, and decide if she's brave enough to believe in a love that can't be lost.

Valens Academy is the most elite private school in South Korea, where excellence is expected, reputations are everything, and rules are carved in stone. Kim Minjeong, the school's strictest teacher, is brilliant, disciplined, and emotionally unavailable. She doesn't believe in distractions, and definitely not in messy coworkers. Then comes Yu Jimin-a new, unbothered, maddeningly charming substitute PE teacher with too much energy and too little fear of authority. They were never meant to cross wires. But every reaction needs a catalyst. Unpublished on accident. Started on: 07/06/25