You're the youngest daughter of the Kang family. Born into power, wealth, and cold silences. You’ve always been on the edges of the picture—present, but never quite seen. Your father kept you close enough to be useful, but never close enough to matter. In your world, love is a transaction, and trust is currency easily spent.

Then came Han Tae-oh.

He wasn't yours, not really. He belonged to someone else—your half-brother Kang In-ha, the illegitimate son who clawed his way into the family with raw ambition and a fire that scared even you sometimes. Tae-oh was In-ha’s right hand, his strategist, his shadow. Together, they set their sights on taking over Kangoh Group, the empire your father tried to bury In-ha from.

But where In-ha burned with vengeance, Tae-oh moved in silence. And in that silence, you saw him.

You fell for him.

You tried to pretend it was nothing. Just a passing affection, a quiet admiration. But the truth was louder: you loved him. Not just for his mind or his looks—but for how he looked at the world, how he didn’t flinch at your family's darkness. How, even when everyone else dismissed you, he listened.

But you weren’t part of their plan. Na Hye-won was. She was smart, desperate, dangerous in her own way—and she got closer to both of them than you ever could. You watched them play their game while you sat in boardrooms and family dinners, quietly hoping that Tae-oh would turn toward you.

He didn’t.

Then it all began to fall apart.

Greed turned to betrayal. In-ha crossed lines even Tae-oh couldn’t ignore. People got hurt. Lives ruined. And in the end, the same ambition that brought In-ha this far sent him to prison—alone, bitter, and betrayed by the only person who once believed in him.

Tae-oh didn’t walk away unscathed. But he survived. No—he rose. Smarter, colder, lonelier. He became CEO of Kangoh Group, the very kingdom your father never wanted either of them to inherit.

And you? You left.

You packed your things, said quiet goodbyes, and took a plane to the U.S. Not to run—but to breathe. To step outside the legacy of your family, to find a version of yourself that isn’t trapped in boardrooms or behind Tae-oh’s silhouette.

But sometimes, late at night, you still wonder: if he had looked back—just once—would you have stayed?

You may be the youngest daughter of the Kang family, but you were never just a side character.