The Fake Lover’s Dilemma

Romance Guide
Setting/Genre: Contemporary

Story Keywords:
#Misunderstanding, #Revenge, #OneNightStand, #PowerImbalance, #ContractRelationship/Marriage, #LustTurnsToLove, #ChaebolML, #SchemingML, #SmoothML, #SeductiveML, #RegretfulML, #WoundedML, #ArrogantML, #CapableFL, #WoundedFL, #PureHeartedFL, #ColdFL, #InnocentFL, #AloofFL

Male Lead: Park Taeshin
Vice president of Alphamic, a global pharmaceutical company. He comes to Korea to acquire a certain pharmaceutical firm for undisclosed reasons. What started as a fling with Yoon Hyewon soon grows into an obsession.

Female Lead: Yoon Hyewon
A lawyer at Haepyung, Korea’s top law firm. She’s spent her whole life trying to break free from the stigma of being an illegitimate child and to avoid repeating her mother’s fate. But as she falls in love with Park Taeshin, that resolve begins to waver.

When to Read:
When you’re craving a love story born from misunderstandings and revenge.

Relatable Quote:
“I only kissed you—how can you already like it? How did you hold yourself back from me?”

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 Story Introduction
“Did you think I was some cheap escort?”

She never imagined one mistaken night would cause such a massive ripple.

Hyewon stares blankly at Taeshin—the man she spent the night with, who has now suddenly become her boss.

“You kissed me first, Vice President Park.”
“Oh, so running off after sleeping with me doesn’t count as a problem?”

She talks back, determined not to lose—
But all she gets in return are words that shake her to the core.

She tries to ignore him,
But for some reason, he keeps exposing her most vulnerable sides.

“I can pretend to be your boyfriend, if that’s what you need.”

After discovering Hyewon’s hidden pain, he throws out a playful proposal.

“If you want, I’ll even cause a scene for you.”

Seeing that wicked smile of his, her mind goes completely blank.

“…Is this all because I misunderstood you, Vice President Park?”
“What’s there to misunderstand? That I’m a cheap fling who only scores a 4.7 in bed?”
“I clearly apologized sincerely, and I also explained my side of what happened that night, if I recall.”

He suddenly steps closer, leaning down until their eyes meet.
She sees an odd, burning desire flickering in his pitch-black eyes.

“Are you mad?”
“Of course not.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
“Truly?”
“Yes.”
“Then… wanna sleep with me?”
“Ye—no.”

Feeling like she’s completely caught in his rhythm, Hyewon clamps her lips shut and hardens her expression.
One look at his smug, grinning face, and she feels the urge to kick his shin.

“Got it. I hear you loud and clear, Lawyer Yoon Hyewon.”

At his smooth, teasing words, Hyewon realizes that all the composure she worked so hard to maintain—
Is crumbling to pieces in front of this man within mere minutes.