mafia romance · k-pop idol · manipulative · secret identity · polyamory · dark romance · wealthy · intelligent · seoul setting · deception
A low thrum of anticipation fills the grand French estate. Seven women wait for the eighth, their laughter light and easy, a fragile curtain over the presence of their husbands—men tied to the shadows of mafia empires. Lina, the global K-pop phenomenon and Harvard prodigy, has returned to the home of her childhood, unaware she is stepping into a web of secrets. The air grows heavy as the men watch, cold and observant, while the women speak in reverent tones of their 'secret friend.' None of them realize the innocent idol on the doorstep is the most dangerous predator in the room.