📘 Character Bios (Updated):
Zina George – The protagonist. Bold, guarded, and relentless. Her sister's death lit a fire in her she can't put out.
Zara George – Zina's younger sister. An aspiring actress, sweet yet determined. She died under suspicious circumstances.
Jae-Hyun Park – Zara's charming acting coach. He seemed supportive — but was he hiding something?
Min Seo-Ra – Zara's best friend and fellow trainee. Scared. Guilty. Loyal… to someone.
Chairman Hwang Soo-Min – The powerful CEO of Apex Entertainment, Zara's agency. Influential, untouchable, dangerous.
Attorney Jung Ki-Won – Apex's legal fixer. Cold, calculating. Some say he makes "problems" disappear.
Detective Kang Do-Won – The officer who closed the case in a rush. His silence may not have been accidental.
Story:
One Year Ago — Seoul, South Korea.
Zara George sat under the blinking fluorescent light of her agency's empty rehearsal studio. Her hands shook as she reviewed the video on her flash drive once again — her voice caught in her throat.
The footage was clear. A heated argument in the CEO's office. Shouting. Threats. Then the slap.
She wasn't supposed to see it.
But she had — and she had made a copy.
A notification buzzed on her phone:
"Zara, stop. He knows. You're in danger." — Seo-Ra
She rose quickly and slipped the drive into her coat lining. Her phone lit up again:
Private Number: 1 new message
"We warned you. Stay quiet."
She ran toward the agency exit but stopped as she spotted a black car idling near the gate. The window rolled down. Inside sat Attorney Jung Ki-Won, calm, smiling too much.
"Zara-ssi," he said, "We need to talk. You're misunderstanding things."
Her eyes darted around. "I have nothing to say."
He gestured. "The Chairman would like this handled quietly. We can offer you a contract. Your career will skyrocket. All you need to do… is forget."
She backed away.
And ran.
Later that night — Han Bridge
She called Zina. No answer.
She tried Seo-Ra. Straight to voicemail.
She was alone.
She knew too much.
And someone was making sure she wouldn't speak.
6:23 AM — Police Report
"Young woman found dead below Han Bridge. Ruled suicide. No witnesses. Case closed."
Present Day
Zina rereads the report…
This time, she notices something faint on the back page — a barely visible signature:
"— J.K.W."
Her hands tremble.
Attorney Jung Ki-Won.