CYEL

Song Minah, a quiet young woman in her early 20s, has suffered more than most. After a mysterious brain injury in her childhood left her selectively mute, she was passed from one foster family to another—until she ended up with a family that used her like a tool. Her step-sister, Sana Lee, driven by jealousy and greed, married Minah’s boyfriend and helped orchestrate her downfall. When the family business crashed, they sold Minah off in marriage to save themselves.

But what no one knew... was that Minah had already been claimed.

Han Jaewook, a reclusive and powerful CEO in his early 30s, suffers from a rare sun allergy and lives behind the veil of secrecy. As a boy, he once loved a girl named Minah—an orphan adopted by his mother. For three brief months, they were inseparable... until she vanished without a trace. Jaewook never forgot her. And when he finally found her again, humiliated by her boss and trapped by the family that betrayed her, he made his move.

He destroyed the family's business and gave them one condition: their daughter Minah would become his wife.

Now under Jaewook’s protection, Minah begins to uncover secrets buried for over a decade—secrets about her real identity, the truth behind her mutism, and the shadowy figures who were involved in her childhood trauma. But some truths don’t want to be found… and someone is willing to make sure they stay buried.

The Silent Bride

The room pulsed with a cold, artificial hum—monitors lining every wall, flickering with real-time surveillance across Seoul.

Illegal. Untouchable. Hidden from every authority but one.

Park Dojin, early 60s, perfectly tailored in black.

Still sharp. Still feared. Still smiling with a venom that never aged.

His voice cut the room like a scalpel.

"She's dangerous now. Too much memory. Too much truth."

His right-hand man bowed without hesitation.

The air in the room tightened—like a held breath no one dared to release.

Because when Park Dojin was on the move, mistakes were fatal.

Unmonitored Situation Room – Classified Sector

Far above and far removed, in a hidden operations base:

Han Jaemin stood at the center of a different kind of war.

His eyes scanned the encrypted intel—Dozens of red-flag signals flaring across the map.

"He's mobilizing," Jaemin muttered.

He turned to two of his most trusted agents.

"Tell him to relocate immediately. The safe house—45 minutes outside Seoul. No signals. No trails."

"He can't protect her from this. Not yet."

"She's the only leverage Dojin cares about. If he finds her, he wins."

Jaemin's voice dropped, low and absolute.

"She's safer with me. He'll come after Jaewook if she stays."

Only to be met with a stranger's eyes and a government badge.

"Your father sent me. Dojin's on the move. He's not far."

"You have ten minutes. Pack your essentials. The safe house is forty-five minutes from here. No trail. No signal."

"Get what you need. Only essentials," he said.

"Your father says she's safer with us. You can't protect her from Dojin right now. Not like this."

"She's my wife. I won't leave her. I'd rather die than let her go again."

Kang Ho appeared at the door, backpack slung over his shoulder and Jaewook's bag in hand.

"Boss… we have to trust them. We don't have time."

Minah stepped forward—but didn't speak.

Jaewook collapsed in Kang Ho's arms.

Minah gasped—but Hyun Soo caught her arm gently.

"We'll protect him. We promise. We'll come get you once the dust clears."

A red bracelet. Thin. Delicate. Handmade.

"He told me to give you this. Said it's a promise."

"That he'll always come back for you."

Minah's hands trembled as she held it.

Her eyes welled with tears—but she nodded.

As the cars drove off in opposite directions—

War and Trust