A Lotus in the Mud
Romance Guide
Setting/Genre Keywords: #Modern Setting
Story Keywords: #Crime Story #Professionals #Organized Groups #Mystery/Thriller #Salvation
Male Lead:
Kwon Jeongbaek (33) – Inspector with the Violent Crimes Division 2 of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. A cold, indifferent, and well-trained man, like a black steed of muted colors. A strikingly handsome man who lacks certain elements of humanity necessary to live harmoniously in society.
Female Lead:
Jeong Irim (30) – Pediatric ICU doctor at a university hospital. A beauty, serene like an ink wash painting. She has lived her life expecting nothing, and being honest takes considerable effort for her. After meeting the provocative and intense Jeongbaek by chance, she finds herself constantly swayed by him.
Read this when: You want to catch a glimpse of the intense and contradictory sincerity of a man you can’t easily trust.
Relatable Quote:
“You want to cause trouble together and then leave me to deal with it alone?”
Story Introduction
Yeah, those eyes.
I should’ve run away the moment I saw those eyes.
“Did you sleep well?”
It was an impulsive one-night stand.
I thought it could be anyone, but I never expected it to be the detective who would later be in charge of my case.
The same man who had been rough and relentless the night before, even when I begged and pleaded for mercy —
Inspector Kwon Jeongbaek, whose demeanor was far too fierce to pass as an ordinary civil servant.
“Our sequence of events might be a little mixed up. But we have a lot to talk about.”
“…….”
“Let’s have a conversation, Witness Jeong Irim.”
The smile he gave as he said that was truly remarkable.
My biggest mistake wasn’t getting drunk.
It wasn’t even having a one-night stand.
The real problem was him — that man, a demon of the night.
Someone so beautiful yet so tragic, he would become the most painful part of my heart.
And Jeongbaek probably had no idea either.
That by meeting me, he’d end up tossing aside the lifelong obsession he’d clung to so desperately — without mercy, without hesitation.