han-byeol has always been the black sheep. while her eldest sister rose to prominence as a successful ceo, byeol dropped out of university and chose a life her family could never accept. art was the only thing that felt like hers, it gave her a voice, but it never gave her a living. to keep up appearances, she juggles odd side jobs-until one of those jobs ties her to a loan shark. when the truth finally reaches her parent's doorstep, she's cast out, left to scrape together a living in a cramped, crumbling apartment. then comes hwang jun-ho. the cop who always seems to find her in the wrong place at the wrong time-catching her at work on multiple occasions. each time, he warns her-reminding her how close she is to arrest, how thin the line is between freedom and jail. and yet, he never follows through. pity, curiosity, maybe something neither of them can admit-it all lingers in the space between them. their encounters become a push and pull, a connection built on mistrust and a strange kind of understanding neither expected. when byeol is offered a chance to erase her debt and begin again, she takes it-only to be pulled into a deadly game where survival is the only currency. forced into brutal choices and confronted by a familiar face within its walls, byeol begins to question whether the life she's fighting for is worth the price it demands. MATURE CONTENT AHEAD. hwang jun-ho x oc.

She used to know him as a cop - sharp, complicated, hard to read, but someone she trusted more than anyone. Detective Ryu Seori worked side by side with him for years. But after he got fired, he vanished without a trace, and the questions about where he went-and what he got involved in-started eating her alive. Life ever so cruel had made her world fall apart, her mother had passed away and left her a crushing debt that followed left her nowhere to turn. Just when she thought she'd hit rock bottom, she's given a chance to pull herself out of debt. She enters the Games - the same brutal nightmare her old partner from back in the day is intertwined to. Only, he's not only the mysterious Frontman behind the mask. He's a player. And he's right there, fighting to survive just like she is. Now trapped in a deadly game where every move could be her last, Seori has to confront the ghosts of their past-and decide if she can trust the one person who knew her better than anyone... or if he's the reason she might never get out alive. You are all I long for All I worship and adore In other words: please, be true In other words.. MATURE CONTENT AHEAD. hwang in-ho x female oc.