Episode ----1
The rain had washed the night clean, but inside the old mansion on the hill, the air still smelled of secrets.
Han Areum (한아름), Asia's youngest cardiologist, set her suitcase down in the marble-floored hallway she'd called home since childhood. Above, the chandelier cast soft shadows on portraits of ancestors she could never truly call her own.
At the foot of the staircase, he stood waiting.
Ryu Junseo (류준서) — twenty years old, chaebol heir, CEO of the powerful Ryu Group. His gaze was cold as midnight rain, dark eyes impossible to read. To the world, he was a brilliant tycoon; to her, he was the boy she'd grown up beside. Her enemy. And the only person alive who could kill her.
"Welcome home, Dr. Han," he said, voice smooth as polished steel.
Areum lifted her chin. "CEO Ryu. It's been a while."
Polite. Formal. Because the truth — hidden beneath those words — was sharper: they hated each other. Or so they kept telling themselves.
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They walked side by side through the hall, close enough that their shoulders nearly brushed, hearts pounding out silent secrets. In the quiet, Areum's mind whispered what she'd never dare say aloud:
Even now… I still worry about you.
Grandmother's voice broke the silence as she stepped out from the dining room, her eyes warm but tired.
"You two look so grown-up," she sighed softly. "Soon, you'll finally marry and make this family whole."
The words struck like thunder, but both Areum and Junseo simply bowed their heads.
"Yes, Halmeoni," they echoed.
But inside, fear coiled in Areum's chest. Marriage meant the end of everything — or something far more dangerous. Because of the ancient curse that bound them: no one could kill them except each other.
And worse still — Junseo held the divine command: words that could bend her will in an instant.
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Night fell. Areum stood by her window, the rain tapping gently on the glass.
Across the hall, behind another door, she could sense him. Even after years of distance, her heart could still feel his presence: the boy who once pulled her from flames. The man who now watched her with eyes of ice.
Yet when danger came, when shadows threatened… they had always turned to each other.
Because hatred could be sharp — but what lay beneath it could cut even deeper.
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Teaser for Ep 2:
The curse runs deeper than they imagined.
A secret meeting.
A cold command whispered in the dark…
And Areum will discover just how powerful Junseo's words truly are.
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See you in Episode 2!