#Strictly Confidential:
The boardroom of the Seo Group is never quiet for long. Every executive knows that whenever Seo Ji-Hwan and enter the same room, another battle is about to begin.
Ever since Ji-Hwan's father married 's mother, the two have lived under the same family name without ever becoming a family. Instead, they grew into fierce rivals, constantly competing for recognition, authority, and the right to inherit South Korea's most powerful conglomerate.
At twenty-nine, Seo Ji-Hwan is everything the business world admires and fears: brilliant, disciplined, ruthless, and impossible to intimidate. Every decision he makes strengthens his reputation as the perfect heir.
, fresh out of university with a degree in International Business, quickly proves herself to be just as talented. Sharp-minded, ambitious, and fearless, she refuses to accept Ji-Hwan's authority without challenging every strategy he proposes. Their meetings rarely end without heated arguments that leave the board divided.
Everything changes during a decisive shareholders' meeting.
After dismantles Ji-Hwan's proposal and convinces the board to support her strategy instead, the company's founder delivers an announcement that shocks everyone.
From this day forward, the Seo Group will have two co-presidents.
Every acquisition, merger, investment, executive appointment, and strategic decision will require both signatures. Neither can act without the other's approval.
Forced to share power, an office, and every major decision, Ji-Hwan and find themselves trapped in a partnership neither wanted.
Behind Ji-Hwan's icy composure lies a secret he refuses to acknowledge. Every challenge, every argument, every moment spent close to makes the forbidden attraction he feels toward his stepsister harder to suppress. Determined to bury those feelings beneath sarcasm, coldness, and relentless competition, he convinces himself that control is the only thing keeping everything from falling apart.
But in a company where ambition breeds betrayal, allies hide agendas, rivals become indispensable, and emotions are more dangerous than hostile takeovers, maintaining control may prove impossible.
Power demands sacrifice.
Desire demands even more.
