Duty Before Desire {Seongjoong}

"He was taught to win wars, not to fall in love."

General Kim Hongjoong is a man of ice.

Orphaned, hardened by the streets, and molded by the military, he has spent thirty-six years building a life of power where no one can ever hurt him again.

As a high-ranking commander in the Vietnam War, his only job is to lead, to fight, and to survive. He doesn't have room for feelings.

Until he meets Park Seonghwa.

In the middle of a brutal war and the endless jungle rain, Seonghwa is the only thing that feels like home.

But in 1970, their love isn't just a secret-it's a crime. Especially in a world of rigid military codes and a war that demands total loyalty, love is more than a distraction.

It's treason.

Loving Seonghwa means risking the rank Hongjoong bled to earn. It means choosing between the life he fought to build and the man he can't breathe without.

Now, the General faces his most brutal choice:

Does he protect the rank that saved him from poverty? Or does he burn it all down for a love that was never supposed to exist?