Synopsis

About A Debt of Love

Yoon Ha-eun was seventeen when she moved into the grand Han estate with her mother, a member of the household staff. There, she met Han Seo-jun—the brilliant, arrogant heir to one of Korea’s most powerful business empires. They came from different worlds, but their constant arguments slowly became friendship, and friendship quietly became first love. Before either could confess, family pressure and a painful misunderstanding tore them apart. Seo-jun left Korea believing Ha-eun had chosen another man, while Ha-eun was left with a goodbye she never had the chance to say. Eight years later, Seo-jun returns as the cold and formidable Executive Director of Han Group. Ha-eun has built a modest life of her own, determined never to depend on the family that once made her feel inferior. But when her childhood friend becomes trapped beneath a crushing debt, she has nowhere else to turn. Seo-jun agrees to help—but his price is that Ha-eun must work for him until her debt is repaid. Forced into his world as his executive assistant, Ha-eun finds herself surrounded by office gossip, family expectations and the elegant heiress everyone assumes Seo-jun will marry. Beneath Seo-jun’s cruelty and carefully controlled anger, however, remains the lonely boy who never stopped waiting for her. As old feelings return, their love threatens a powerful marriage alliance and Seo-jun’s claim to the Han Group empire. To stay together, Ha-eun must learn that love does not require sacrificing herself, while Seo-jun must choose between the legacy prepared for him and the woman who taught him what it means to have a home.