Han Seo-ah has never believed that money can buy happiness, and she certainly has no interest in wealthy men.At twenty-six, all she wants is a successful career, a peaceful life and enough money to give her hardworking father the comfortable life he deserves. Her plans seem simple—until she gets a job at Aureon Group, one of South Korea’s most powerful conglomerates.Her first day at the company begins with a disaster.Running late for her interview, Seo-ah accidentally spills coffee on a handsome stranger in the lobby and proceeds to argue with him.What she doesn’t know is that the man standing in front of her is Kang Ji-hyun, the thirty-year-old CEO of Aureon Group.Cold, arrogant and feared by everyone around him, Ji-hyun has no patience for people who challenge his authority. Yet Seo-ah is the first woman who has ever looked him directly in the eyes and told him exactly what she thinks of him.He should fire her.Instead, he finds himself unable to stop thinking about her.When circumstances involving the powerful Kang family force Ji-hyun to propose a temporary relationship, Seo-ah reluctantly agrees. The rules are simple: no real feelings, no jealousy and absolutely no falling in love.But pretending to love someone becomes dangerous when the feelings begin to feel real.The cold CEO who trusts no one slowly becomes the man who waits for Seo-ah, protects her and finds himself willing to risk everything just to see her smile.And Seo-ah discovers that behind Ji-hyun’s arrogance is a lonely man carrying painful secrets from his past.Just when their relationship begins to become real, a hidden connection between their families threatens to tear them apart.Old secrets resurface. Powerful enemies emerge. Betrayals come from unexpected places.And Seo-ah must decide whether the man she once considered her worst nightmare is actually the love she has been dreaming of all along.Sometimes, dreams don’t find us when we are asleep.Sometimes, they walk into our lives when we least expect them.