Before the Kim-Manoban family, there were the Manobans and the Kims. Lisa Manoban was the reckless heiress sent to Seoul after one mistake too many. Jennie Kim was the academy's untouchable queen-perfect, respected, and impossible to impress. They were never supposed to get close. But between school chaos, stolen moments, and a love neither of them expected, Lisa and Jennie became each other's favorite problem. Until family, power, and an arranged engagement tore them apart.

𝐎𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐎𝐟𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭. 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐉𝐄𝐍𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐀 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐋𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭?

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙩: 𝙄𝙣 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝘼𝙧𝙚𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩-𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩. 𝘽𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨. 𝘽𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙚𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 - 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙨, 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙠𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧... 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜. 𝘼 𝙅𝙀𝙉𝙇𝙄𝙎𝘼 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬-𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 - 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨, 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙨, 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙣𝙞𝙜

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? 𝐈𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠- 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝? 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐈 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭-𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒. 𝐀 𝐉𝐄𝐍𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐀 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐋𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓