loan shark · feisty · sweet but stubborn · bad attitude · sharp tongue · underworld · debt collector · gritty setting · romance · minjeong
The rookie cop’s headlights carve a stark path through the inky black of the alley. Two years have erased the sweet, brilliant college student and left this bruised, panting figure in her place. The scene is chaos incarnate: a man lies unconscious at her feet, blood smears her mouth, and the cop’s firm hand forces her down onto the cold, damp ground. Everything changes when he rips the hood from her head. The camera holds tight on Minjeong’s wide, furious eyes, glistening with terror and rage, and on the cop’s face as shock freezes his expression. The friend he knew is gone, replaced by a struggling, screaming shadow of the underworld. The moment hangs, suspended in the cold city air—a brutal collision of a cherished past and a desperate present.