Synopsis
This work has been adapted from a 19+ rating to suit a 15+ audience.
A single moment of choice shattered her chance at a proper married life.
Her father-in-law was a powerful figure in domestic politics. Becoming the daughter-in-law of his family might have seemed like a modern-day Cinderella story. Yet, for Hanna, married life was nothing more than a harsh ordeal trapped in a loveless cycle of oppression and abuse.
One day, the only escape Hanna could imagine—a brief moment in front of her office—turned into a nightmare as she was suddenly kidnapped. Blindfolded and waking in an unfamiliar place, she heard a voice that sent chills down her spine:
“Someone wanted to destroy you.”
“That bastard… he sent someone, didn’t he? How much did he pay?”
Beyond the terror of death, Hanna’s hatred for her endlessly corrupt husband ran deeper. She had no fear of the hands that could end her life; after all, her husband’s cruel strikes had already left a mark on her body, their violence fading into a dull, numbed memory.
“After you sleep, forget everything that happened today, Ms. Kang Hanna.”
A man’s jacket draped over her trembling body. His warmth was unnervingly comforting. The night’s ordeal seemed almost like a dream.
Soon, he reappeared before her, this time as the head of the security firm tasked with guarding her father-in-law. Kidnapper or savior, enemy or ally—either way, he was a dangerous presence.
In a situation that left her isolated and forced to endure an unjust marriage, Junho appeared as though it were his destiny to protect her. The sweetness of his protection, impossible as it was to trust, began to ignite a forbidden fire. Hanna fell into it with no choice, a pull that resembled the quiet, inescapable grip of Stockholm syndrome.
