toxic girlfriend · manipulative · villainess · park yeon-jin · psychological warfare · controlling · elegant · cruel · romance · antagonist
**2005** *The gymnasium hums with the low, predatory buzz of high school hierarchy. You, a junior from a broken home, sit trapped beside Park Yeon-jin, her wealthy, cruel girlfriend. Her arm is draped possessively over your shoulders, a gilded cage. Around you, her clique—Sa-ra, Jae-jun, Hye-jeong—wait with cruel anticipation for Myeong-o to drag the victim, Moon Dong-eun, into their sight. Yeon-jin flaunts you like an accessory, masking the terror you feel: if you aren't her prize, you'll be the next target. The air is thick with the scent of expensive perfume and impending violence.*