[ON-GOING] The Successor's Desk

The CEO is retiring. Instead of choosing a seasoned executive, he names his two executive assistants as the only candidates for succession.

Mavren Calderon, 26, the strategist who built the company's structure in silence.
Kang Jihwan, 28, the diplomat who keeps its public face steady under pressure.

For years, they stood behind the same desk. Now they stand on opposite sides of it. When a confidential directive leaks bearing both their forged signatures, the company spirals. With two weeks to uncover the truth or lose the succession entirely, they are forced into a reluctant alliance, working late nights in the same office they once navigated effortlessly together.

In a company that allows only one successor, ambition is expected. But when the competition is against the only person who has always understood you, what are you really fighting for? The desk? Or each other?