Nobody knows Baek Jeong. The founder of IKFC has spent years hiding behind anonymous networks, encrypted accounts, and an empire built from the shadows. To the world, he doesn't exist. To the people who work for him, he is a mystery. And to Alan, he is becoming something far more dangerous. After four sleepless days trapped inside an isolated house during a violent storm, the cracks in Baek Jeong's carefully controlled facade begin to show. As tensions rise and secrets pile up, Alan finds himself caught between loyalty, fear, and an unsettling connection to the one man he can never fully understand. A dark psychological thriller about obsession, power, isolation, and the dangerous line between trust and destruction.
Public Summary Baek Jeong has spent years building the Iron Knuckle Fighting Championship into the most powerful underground fighting organization in Asia. Feared by criminals, respected by fighters, and driven by an endless hunger for money and power, he believes the world belongs to those strong enough to take it. Alongside his closest confidant, Alan, a brilliant hacker who controls the organization’s vast intelligence network, Baek continues expanding his empire across borders without opposition. Everything changes when he discovers Kim Gun-woo. A disciplined boxer with extraordinary talent and an unbreakable sense of loyalty, Gun-woo is the one thing Baek cannot buy, threaten, or control. What begins as a simple recruitment effort quickly becomes a dangerous obsession. As Baek pushes deeper into Gun-woo’s life, lines are crossed, loyalties are tested, and a brutal conflict begins to unfold between a man who refuses to submit and a man who refuses to accept rejection. In a world ruled by money, violence, and ambition, the greatest fight may not take place inside the ring.
When a dangerous secret resurfaces, dark web former boxer Gun-woo finds himself caught in a deadly battle against Baek Jeon, a powerful and unpredictable man willing to do anything to get what he wants. As old enemies return and new alliances are formed, Gun-woo must protect the people he loves while uncovering the truth behind a mystery that could change everything. In a world ruled by money, power, and betrayal, survival comes at a cost.
Everyone at Westbridge University is obsessed with Professor Alexander Laurent. At just twenty-five years old, he’s a billionaire CEO, a business prodigy, and the youngest professor the university has ever hired. Students fight for seats in his class, social media is flooded with rumors about him, and his name is known far beyond the campus. Elena Hart couldn’t care less. She’s stubborn, outspoken, and completely unimpressed by wealth, fame, or power. While everyone else is busy admiring Professor Laurent, Elena finds him arrogant, irritating, and far too full of himself. From the moment she walks into his lecture late on the first day, they clash. Every discussion becomes an argument. Every lecture becomes a challenge. And neither of them is willing to back down. At Westbridge University, where ambition, secrets, and reputations matter more than anything, their rivalry quickly becomes the talk of the campus. The problem? Some battles are a lot harder to win when you can’t stop thinking about your opponent.