Unwritten Rules

Min Yoongi has three rules for anyone who steps into his private studio.

One: do not waste his time.
Two: leave your past at the door.
Three: do not fall in love with him.

For Min Ae-rin, following his rules is the easiest part of the contract. After three grueling years of training and carrying the crushing, silent grief of losing her parents, her heart is firmly locked away. She isn't looking for romance, and she certainly isn't looking for a savior. She is just looking for survival. Getting assigned to write her debut album with HYBE's coldest, most demanding producer is her final, desperate chance to make it.

When the heavy, soundproof door shuts, Yoongi makes the boundaries painfully clear. Their relationship is strictly business. He will push her voice to the breaking point, test her stamina, and mold her into a flawless solo artist. In return, she must obey his brutal schedule and ignore the heavy, suffocating tension that fills the dark room.

She agrees immediately, determined to take his beat, sing the lyrics, and walk away the moment the album is done.

But the studio is an intoxicating trap.

As long, exhausting hours bleed into the middle of the night, the rigid lines he drew begin to blur. Ae-rin swore she would never break rule number three. Yet, it isn't her who starts crossing the line. It is Yoongi. The man who demanded she leave her emotions at the door suddenly demands to know every dark secret she hides, his harsh commands twisting into a quiet, dangerous possessiveness that threatens to consume them both.

He wrote the rules to keep her at a distance, only to realize he is the one who can no longer stay away. But in a multi-million dollar industry, secrets leave a footprint. Someone in the agency is watching the midnight security logs. Someone is listening to the deleted tapes. And as a nameless threat holds a folder of leverage over their head, Ae-rin must decide if the debut she bled for is worth destroying the man who gave it to her.