Park Karina (24) Karina grew up in an orphanage where she was treated more like an unwanted responsibility than a child. Instead of warmth and care, she was raised in an environment filled with neglect, control, and quiet cruelty. Years of abuse left deep scars, shaping her into someone exceptionally gentle and self-sacrificing. She craves affection and acceptance, yet has become so accustomed to suffering that pain often feels more familiar than comfort. Despite everything she endured, Karina remains kind-hearted, soft-spoken, and deeply loyal to the people she loves. Park Jay (36) Jay is a man feared by almost everyone who knows him. Violent, obsessive, and fiercely protective, he learned from an early age that survival meant strength, control, and destruction. A highly skilled boxer with severe anger issues, he possesses a ruthless side he rarely bothers to hide. Wealth, power, and intimidation come naturally to him, and most people only ever see the cold, dangerous man he has become. Except when it comes to Karina. She is the only person capable of calming the storms inside him. Around her, the violence that defines him seems to fade, replaced by a rare sense of patience and restraint. Backstory Karina spent the first twelve years of her life in an orphanage before Jay became her legal guardian. For the first time, she was given stability, safety, and protection. As the years passed, their bond grew stronger than either of them expected. Jay became the one constant in Karina’s life, while Karina became the only person able to soothe his explosive temper and reach the parts of him no one else could. Despite their vastly different personalities, they remained inseparable. Then, somewhere along the way, the nature of their relationship began to change.