The Heirs

Kim Tan is the young heir to the Jeguk Group, a major South Korean conglomerate, and lives in California by his family's decision. Despite the money his father sends him, Tan dreams of returning to Korea to reunite with his mother and with Kim Won, his older brother. There he meets Cha Eun-sang, a young woman of modest means who comes to North America to attend her older sister's wedding. Her mother, who is mute, works as a maid in the Kim family's home. Seeing her precarious situation, Tan offers her help and lodging, and little by little he begins to feel attracted to her. The series follows these young members of the elite, who attend a high school where they must prepare to run their families' empires, while social differences keep them apart.