* 𝙊𝙇𝘿 / 𝙲𝚄𝚁𝚂𝙴𝚂.

BASIC INFORMATION

name: lee jiae age: 35 sexual orientation: straight hometown: london, england gender + pronouns: cis-woman + she / her

FAMILY

father: simon lee ( deceased ), former ceo of bulletin corp. mother: park mikyung older sister: lee inhye, ceo of bulletin corp. younger brother: lee minkyu, board member of bulletin corp. ex-husband: tba ( wc on the main ! ) children: sophie lee-tba (7), evan lee-tba (5)

MIND

secondary school: st. paul's girls school undergraduate: university of cambridge, economics masters: king's college london, m.sc in management & organisational analysis doctorate: king's college london, dphil in management languages: korean, english, mandarin, japanese, spanish

CAREER

lee jiae has always been thoroughly adept in keeping her head down, and working. truly working. she had been proud to continue in the family business, to represent her father and their family in all the ways that matter —  not necessarily found in the society pages and arm-in-arm with a gaggle of famous friends, but a quiet force behind the scenes. sleepless nights discussing opportunities of expansion and potential deals to be made, she knows that numbers do not lie the way people do, and the only thing she truly trusts is the way black ink looks upon paper. one could always expect her emails to come from all hours of the night. the public could take her last name as it is; as the very reason for her position in the company and her rank amongst others, but those in the know understood that it is her relentless intelligence that makes her invaluable. jiae had always been comfortable in the thankless toil of neverending hard work. that is, until the matter of succession came to the forefront of her father's attention. jiae had never wanted acknowledgment for much — for it is always the numbers ( found in the company's stock value, in her own bank account, etc. ) that brought her pride and happiness. for the first time, jiae allowed herself to hope, to want something for once. surely, all her tireless hard work throughout the years should count for something ! but no. her older sister now wore the crown upon her brow, and the remnants of her own personal life ( something she always thought was a necessary sacrifice ) lay by the wayside. a broken marriage and a quiet house, a long career without anything to show for it —  jiae must find it within herself to continue in her usual quiet toil under the command of her sister, instead of her father. or perhaps this time, she will finally allow herself to scream.

OTHER HCS

a very traditional middle child, tries her best to do what she's supposed to and to excel as much as she could. constantly trying to impress her dad.

married in her late twenties, both with high strung careers in media, two kids followed ( one boy, one girl ). however, things finally came ahead after many nights of taking their stresses out on each other, a quick and efficient divorce followed. it all happened just a month before her dad's untimely death.

joint custody with her husband, although the kids mostly stay with her, if only for their stability. they still live in their family home overlooking hyde park.

she tries very hard to please her parents, to the detriment of her own personal life and relationships. her relationship with her siblings are extremely complicated, despite how much she loves them, the feeling of inferiority still remains.

always a strong drinker, but she has been relying on it lately to cope.