Heaven and Back

The night Seoul bled, the war should have ended.

For years, the Chung and Lee families had been locked in a brutal feud-rival syndicates clawing for control over the city's underworld. Deals were burned, alliances shattered, and bodies piled up in the alleys like discarded playing cards. Neither side dared to back down, each blow met with another, a cycle of violence passed down through generations.

But war had a price.

When the youngest heir of the Lee family was gunned down in a drive-by-an act neither side could take responsibility for-something shifted. Retaliation would mean total annihilation, a war that neither family could afford. The city was changing. The world was watching.

And so, on a quiet evening in the heart of Gangnam, the two families gathered behind closed doors. Guns were holstered, knives set aside, and in their place, a contract was signed. A deal that would bind bloodlines together instead of spilling them apart.

An agreement forged not in trust, but in necessity.

A marriage.

To the outside world, it would be the union of two elite families-an extravagant affair for the socialites and tabloids to feast on. But beneath the glitz and glamour, it was nothing more than a business transaction, a carefully constructed lie designed to keep the peace.

The heirs had no choice.

Chung Subin, the quiet storm, with eyes too sharp and a heart too cold.
Lee Hyeri, the devil in silk, with a smile that hid a thousand knives.

They would play their roles. They would pretend.

But some wars don't end with treaties. They smolder, waiting for the right moment to reignite.

And when love and hate exist in the same breath, the battlefield only grows deadlier.

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