Cherry Blossoms in the Boardroom
BENEATH THE GLEAMING GLASS TOWERS OF SHINWA GROUP, KOREA’S LARGEST CONGLOMERATE AND ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP FIVE COMPANIES, LIES A BATTLEFIELD OF AMBITION, BETRAYAL, AND HIDDEN SCARS.
JOON-HA, THE PRODIGIOUS AND STRIKINGLY HANDSOME YOUNGEST GRANDSON OF THE SHINWA CHAIRMAN, HAS SPENT A DECADE WORKING TIRELESSLY IN THE SHADOWS—OUTPERFORMING EVERYONE YET NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED AS A TRUE HEIR. WHEN HE FINALLY BEGINS TO GAIN INFLUENCE, THE CHAIRMAN’S ELDEST SON, THREATENED BY HIS BRILLIANCE, SCHEMES TO REMOVE HIM FROM SUCCESSION. JOON-HA IS SUDDENLY APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF SHINWA’S STRUGGLING FASHION SUBSIDIARY—A MOVE MEANT TO SIDELINE HIM FROM THE THRONE.
BUT FATE INTERVENES. IN THE FASHION COMPANY’S CORRIDORS, JOON-HA COMES FACE TO FACE WITH HA-EUN, THE WOMAN HE ONCE LOVED DEEPLY—BEFORE HIS POWERFUL FAMILY TORE THEM APART. ELEVEN YEARS AGO, TO PROTECT HER FROM THE WRATH OF THE SHINWAS, HE STAGED HIS OWN DEATH, BREAKING HER HEART WHILE SACRIFICING HIS OWN. NOW, SHE DOESN’T RECOGNIZE HIM FULLY, ONLY FEELING AN UNEXPLAINABLE FAMILIARITY WHENEVER THEIR PATHS CROSS.
AS OLD EMOTIONS RESURFACE, JOON-HA FINDS HIMSELF TORN BETWEEN DUTY AND DESIRE: SHOULD HE RECLAIM HIS RIGHTFUL PLACE AS SHINWA’S HEIR AND WAGE WAR IN THE BOARDROOM, OR RISK EVERYTHING FOR A SECOND CHANCE AT LOVE WITH THE WOMAN WHO STILL HOLDS HIS HEART?
IN A WORLD WHERE CHERRY BLOSSOMS BLOOM ONLY BRIEFLY BEFORE SCATTERING IN THE WIND, CAN LOVE AND AMBITION TRULY COEXIST—OR WILL ONE HAVE TO FALL FOR THE OTHER TO RISE?
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