𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙙 ''𝙆𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙔/𝙣'' 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙'𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙚 ''𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙧'' 𝘽𝙪𝙩, 𝙋𝙤𝙤𝙧 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙙'𝙣𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬...𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙧, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙... 𝙃𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙨... 𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝓊𝓅 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇? 𝒯𝑜 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔...𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜𝓁𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎... 𝒾 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑔𝑜𝓃𝓃𝒶 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓉....

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙛𝙞𝙖 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙛𝙞𝙖 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣...𝙗𝙪𝙩, 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙪𝙥 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣... 𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝓊𝓅 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇? 𝒯𝑜 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔...𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜𝓁𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎... 𝒾 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑔𝑜𝓃𝓃𝒶 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓉....

𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧... 𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝒹𝒾𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝓊𝓅 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇? 𝒯𝑜 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔...𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜𝓁𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎... 𝒾 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑔𝑜𝓃𝓃𝒶 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓉...

At just nineteen, Kim Woonhak has already risen as the feared and untouchable mafia king. Cold, emotionless, and disciplined, he never lets women near him, out of both respect and the knowledge that his world is too dangerous for softness. But on a stormy night, after a deal gone wrong leaves him simmering with anger, fate collides with him in the form of a mysterious girl in a white dress. For the first time, Woonhak feels his walls shatter, his heart racing, his soul ignited with the forbidden desire to protect and cherish her. Yet, he knows the cruel truth: in his world, love is a weakness, and to claim her as his own would mean dragging her into darkness.

Kang Y/n never imagined that love would complicate the one friendship she thought would last forever. Her best friend, Kim Woonhak, has always been her safe place, accepting every side of her, never judging, always standing by her. What she doesn't know is that behind his quiet smiles, Woonhak has been hiding a love too deep to risk ruining their bond. When Woonhak introduces her to his elder brother, Kim Dong-hyun, Y/n's heart unexpectedly stirs for the man she's only ever heard about. But her innocent crush soon spirals into heartbreak when her confession ends in rejection. Broken and distant, Y/n withdraws from the world, even from Woonhak. Until one night, her mask finally shatters, and she collapses in her best friend's arms. That's when Woonhak makes a promise: she will never shed tears of sadness again, not while he's beside her. A story of unspoken love, heartbreak, and healing. What happens when the person you were searching for was standing next to you all along?