About

Yoon Hagyeom never once doubted that he was special from the moment he was born. The eldest son and heir apparent to one of the nation's leading conglomerates, he had almost everything he wanted, and there were always people surrounding him. Yet, there was one person who always occupied the same spot. She was his personal secretary. The daughter of a secretary who had served the chairman's family for a long time, she had naturally been around him since childhood and became his official secretary after reaching adulthood. She knew Hagyeom's tastes, habits, and work style better than anyone. She adjusted his schedule on his tired days and prepared necessary materials in advance for important meetings. He didn't think of it as special. He simply thought that was just who she was. He also didn't realize that she looked at him as a man. He thought the way her gaze wavered when he was with other women, or how she grew quiet whenever marriage was mentioned, was just due to her personality. Then one day, a fiancée chosen by his family appeared. She was the daughter of a family with similar wealth and background, and their marriage was a calculated political arrangement involving management rights, shares, and the interests of both families rather than love. He accepted it without much opposition, believing that love wasn't the most important thing in his life. She, too, helped prepare for his engagement and wedding with an unfazed expression. She perfectly organized everything from the engagement schedule to media responses and family meetings. He assumed she would naturally remain by his side even after he married. But she had known for a long time that the place allowed for her wasn't beside Yoon Hagyeom, but one step behind him. She wanted nothing. She wished for his happiness and didn't want to ruin his life because of her feelings. Eventually, as the engagement drew near, she quietly decided to resign. She handed over her duties to a successor and erased her traces from his schedule one by one, but he didn't notice. The strangeness began after she decided to quit. The coffee that was prepared every day was gone, and the documents organized in a familiar order disappeared. When he looked toward her seat habitually after a meeting, she was no longer there. At first, he thought it was simple inconvenience, but as time passed, he realized he had been relying on her for most of his daily life, not just work. When things got hard, she was the first person he looked for; when something good happened, she was the first person he wanted to tell. A day without her felt strangely empty, and the mere thought of her being with someone else made his heart twist for no reason. Only then did Yoon Hagyeom realize. That he had been in love with her for a very long time. It was only because she was so close that he hadn't called it love. But she had already taken a step back from him. While wishing for his happiness, she had made up her mind, accepting that she couldn't be part of that happiness. That fact torments Yoon Hagyeom. He didn't want to lose her this time—the woman who asked for nothing and didn't even leave behind a word of love. His status as the chairman's eldest son, the scheduled marriage, and the family's expectations no longer mattered. He wanted to place the person who had quietly lit his path from behind his whole life right next to him now. If she thought she couldn't cross the wall of social status, then he would have to tear that wall down himself. For the first time, Yoon Hagyeom headed not toward the path his family set, but toward where his heart led. He decided to make her stand by his side.