Bound By A Whisper

Without realizing it, they became entangled in a Möbius strip of a predatory food chain, devouring and being devoured by each other.

From the moment Cha Gyeol first grasped Heewoo’s wrist—No, perhaps even before that, from the moment he agreed to Gwiryeon’s absurd condition, a fateful love, inescapable, might have already begun.

“Take care of my granddaughter, please.”

It was supposed to be just a job worth 30 million won. But Cha Gyeol, a loan shark, ended up with a pure, innocent little soul.

“Calling him handsome feels like an understatement—don’t you think?”

Abandoned by her parents, pretending not to see or hear things, while silently enduring her torment, Lee Heewoo, the shaman’s granddaughter, found everything anew thanks to a man who appeared like salvation.

“Why are you seeking out an old woman on the verge of death? Whatever the reason is, I have one condition.”

Knowing that once she left the mountain, she could never return, Shaman Heo Gwiryeon, crossing the line as if it were fate, entrusted Heewoo to Gyeol for her protection.

“I just need to become president next year.” A man filled with vile greed and malice, Assemblyman Im, the next presidential candidate, eyes Heewoo as a replacement for the aging Gwiryeon.

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Male Protagonist: Cha Gyeol – 31 years old. The hidden illegitimate son of a chaebol conglomerate’s head, raised by his maternal grandfather, who is a loan shark. A person with a pure soul and strong spirit, making it impossible for anything evil to cling to him. Recognizing these traits, shaman Heo Gwiryeon entrusts her granddaughter, Lee Heewoo, to Cha Gyeol to protect her. Though cynical about most things, he displays utmost kindness and vulnerability toward the innocent and pure Heewoo.

Female Protagonist: Lee Heewoo – 20 years old. The granddaughter of shaman Heo Gwiryeon, who is particularly renowned among politicians. Abandoned by her parents when they discovered her ability to see ghosts, she was raised by her grandmother, Heo Gwiryeon. Having lived isolated from the world, she embodies the epitome of purity and innocence. Separated from her grandmother, she begins living with Cha Gyeol, relying entirely on him and developing unfamiliar emotions toward him.