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Ahn Kyunghee wanted nothing more than to move on from a stigmatizing past as a druggie’s daughter. However, fate had other things in store. A special person from her past reappears and gives her a whole new meaning to perseverance, love and loyalty. 

Despite the ten year gap, she had once again found her first love; only now he was no longer the teenager brimming with righteous determination she once knew. Now, he was a member of the dangerous Yakuza—a man to be feared and revered, but a man who would do anything to give her the protection she never had, regardless of right or wrong. 

In her memory, he would forever be the boy who befriended and held her hand whilst everyone else ostracized her. Then there was the hotheaded detective who was the bane of her existence, only to realize that she meant more to him than he could ever mean to her. 

Light and dark didn’t mix. Just like tigers and dragons didn’t co-exist.

Linked To You

Unlike the various long queues with its bustling activities at the Entertainment District, it was much quieter at the entrance to The Narrow. Even though she had been exposed to the sex trade industry more than the average janes, Kyunghee still wouldn't be caught venturing into The Narrow if she could help it.

Fortunately for her, an unmarked police car was already parked by the curb a couple of meters away from the entrance into the alleyway. Detective Hothead was outside, standing by his car with a phone pressed to his ear while his gaze fixed on the alley's dimly lit entrance. When he noticed her approaching, he said something into the phone and hung up.

"Took you long enough," he protested with an unhappy, pointed look.

Chapter 29