The Circumstances of X

"The whole world tells you to abandon yourself. A venomous woman, the daughter of a barmaid, a gold-digging seductress. I didn’t want to let you go. You, who had nowhere to reach out to. I desperately wanted to possess you. You, who wouldn’t bend to anything. Even if it meant tainting you. Even if it meant turning my back on the entire world. *** Shin Ije, the CEO of a startup, reunites with his ex-girlfriend just before a merger with a large corporation. She is Im Hara from the labor law firm 'The On,' who came to him with a request for representation. But not only did she tear his insides apart and disappear, she returned with a nonchalant face, turning his insides upside down. ...