[…] Mi-Eum slumped against a crumbling brick wall, defeated. His parents fleeing to California with the family's meager savings had been the final blow. Now he was hopelessly in debt with no one to turn to. Tears of frustration and despair pricked at his eyes.

A sleek black Mercedes pulled up beside him, the tinted window gliding down silently. Mi-Eum looked up to see his friend and former classmate, Seok Tae-Ho, peering out at him. Tae-Ho was the heir to a massive business conglomerate, polished and put-together in every way that Mi-Eum was not.

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After almost 2 years living with Tae-Ho, participating in galas and being shown to the media as the perfect and handsome husband of the great CEO of Seoul, Mi-Eum started to develop feelings for Tae-Ho. Of course, their contract was just money for appearances, but after almost 2 years of living together, feelings were clear to everyone around them, except them.