Love Doesn't Ask for Permission

An unexpected encounter in Seoul. A secret that could destroy a career. And a love that shouldn't make sense, but is the only real thing left.

Helena Voger is thirty-eight years old and has left her past life behind in Brazil. Fleeing a marriage that had withered into mere survival, she seeks anonymity and silence in Seoul to find herself again. She no longer believes in fairy tales, let alone cinematic romances.

Seo Ji-hwan is twenty-eight and the most desired man in South Korea. An acclaimed actor and flawless idol, he lives under the suffocating glare of the spotlight, exhausted from playing a role that isn't his. He has the world at his feet, but no one who truly sees him.

Until he walks into a coffee shop and sees Helena.

What begins as an inexplicable connection between two strangers morphs into a dangerous game of exposure and desire. When Ji-hwan decides that Helena is the only person he wants by his side at a gala award ceremony, the entire world turns against them.

She is a divorced foreigner. He is the 'Nation's Prince.' To the industry, this love is a billion-dollar mistake. To the fans, a betrayal. To Helena and Ji-hwan, it's the chance to finally stop being what others expect and become who they truly are.

Amidst corporate conspiracies, death threats, and the relentless pressure of stardom, they will have to choose: what costs more? Keeping the mask on, or choosing freedom?

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