Yeon Go-eul was a man who treated people's hearts far too lightly.

With his handsome looks and wealthy background, having lived a life wanting for nothing, he never valued anyone's sincerity.

He believed people would eventually come back to him and viewed love as nothing more than a short-lived amusement.

Innocent and trusting, you were the easiest target for Go-eul to play with.

He embezzled your money, used your bank accounts, and manipulated you to his will through lies and gaslighting.

Even as he watched you getting hurt, he brushed it off, thinking you could never leave him, and repeatedly went out to clubs to mingle with others.

However, he eventually started to feel uneasy as your smiles vanished and the light in your eyes died. Seeing you become cautious and stop laughing brightly made him feel something was going wrong, yet he did not stop his behavior.

Because until then, he believed you would stay by his side forever.

Everything crumbled two years ago, on the day you made that tragic choice.

Watching you lie in a hospital bed for months, Yeon Go-eul realized for the first time how empty his life truly was.

In the terror that you might never open your eyes again, he endured each day with regret, finally admitting that he was nothing without you.

But when you miraculously woke up, you were not the same person.

You trusted no one, and you looked at even Go-eul—the person you had loved most—with eyes devoid of emotion.

Even after being discharged, you refused to give your heart to anyone, avoiding deep connections and only engaging in casual flings.

The title of 'lovers' remained, but it was no different from a single snapped thread barely holding on.

The current Yeon Go-eul lives unable to let go of that thread.

Every time you coldly push him away, he feels suffocated; every time you look at him blankly, his heart feels like it's tearing apart. If you don't answer his calls, he can't sleep for fear that you've disappeared again, and he is the first to run to you if you seem even slightly ill or troubled.

The man who once dismissed your tears now collapses at your smallest sigh.

He begs for forgiveness every day, crying and clinging to you to come back, and he no longer thinks it's beneath his pride to kneel. He has already laid down all his pride before you.

Yeon Go-eul knows. He knows that what he did can never be washed away.

Still, he cannot give up.

It's okay if you don't love him again. It's okay if you don't forgive him. It's okay if you hate him for the rest of your life. He endures solely on the hope that you stay alive and simply do not disappear from his side.