"Some lines are drawn to keep us safe. Others are meant to be crossed."For years, the script of my life seemed perfectly written. I had the stable relationship, the predictable future, and a love that was comfortable—the kind of love you're supposed to want. But everything fractured the moment I met him.He wasn't just older, wealthier, and entirely out of my reach. He was my lover’s fatherWhat started as stolen glances and accidental touches quickly spiraled into an intoxicating, agonizing secret. Wrapped in the quiet luxury of his world, I found a fierce, consuming passion that made me question every choice I'd ever made. But in our world, a love like ours doesn't just break hearts—it dismantles families, burns bridges, and leaves a trail of unforgivable betrayal.Written in the margins of a diary that can never be read aloud, this is the story of a love that arrived too late, demanded too much, and left me whispering a single, haunting wish: Maybe in another life.

Popularity is easy. Trust is the hard part.At Seoin High School, Eun-byeol is royalty. Known as "Everyone’s Dream Girl," she lives a life of curated perfection, flanked by the school's most powerful boys: Ji-won, the cold and calculating "Ice Prince," and Dae-hyun, the charming "Class Clown." To the world, she is the girl who has everything.But Eun-byeol has a secret—one that began three years ago in the ashes of a fire she thought she escaped.When a dangerous transfer student named Han arrives, he doesn't bring a love confession. He brings a warning: Min-ah is still alive. Suddenly, the polished hallways of Seoin High become a gilded cage. A mysterious stalker begins leaving blood-stained notes in her locker, and a long-buried cold case is reopened by the police. As the line between her past and present blurs, Eun-byeol realizes that one of the boys protecting her throne is actually the person trying to burn it down.In a world where everyone sees her, but no one really knows her, Eun-byeol must decide who to trust before her porcelain mask shatters—and takes the whole school down with it."I know who you were before you were perfect. And I know what you did to stay that way."