7 parts Ongoing MatureHe hated her before he knew her name. She ruined him before she even spoke.
At Daehan International University (DIU) money rules louder than morals and no one knows that better than Park Jareth, the heir to South Korea's most feared business empire-arrogant, untouchable, and cruel enough to smile while he destroys you.
She wasn't supposed to exist in his world, minimalist in clothes, maximalist in words, Sereia Lee never bowed, never begged, and certainly never broke. She wasn't interested in his wealth, his car, or the way power dripped off his voice like sin. But she should have been because Jareth didn't fall in love. He chose his prey and Sereia? She was the red mark on his trigger finger. The girl who dared to stand tall in a school where he made the rules.
What started as punishment spiraled into obsession. What began with hatred twisted into hunger but in a place where secrets burn hotter than sins and enemies kiss like they mean war- Love is never safe and monsters don't heal instead they claim.
❝ You're the only ruin I want to live inside. ❞ - Park Jareth
✦ Tropes
Rich bad boy × bold outcast
Obsession > Romance
Enemies to addictively toxic lovers
Possessive red flag male lead who turns (almost) green
Fake dating with real threats
Jealousy, control, and dark pasts
Hidden trauma + PTSD male lead
Forced proximity with emotional warfare
"I hate everyone but her" energy
"Stay away from me" turns into "I'll destroy anyone who touches you"
Mutual emotional destruction
Morally gray love that doesn't ask for permission