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In which a lie meant to protect a secret slowly becomes a reason to stay.
At Yusung Tech, Pi Hanwool rules through control - brilliant, sharp-tongued, and always three steps ahead. Emotions are weaknesses he knows how to use but never how to keep. Their fake relationship is supposed to be nothing more than a shield, a convenient story to hide what he can't afford to lose.
Yeon Bora agrees because she's used to adapting, to following, to not taking up space. But being close to Hanwool means enduring his cold distance, surviving words that cut, and clinging to rare moments of warmth that leave her confused and aching. Loving him feels like falling apart . . . until she begins to rebuild herself piece by piece.
As Bora grows stronger - academically, emotionally, and in her own voice . . . she stops shrinking to fit the space Hanwool allows. And when the lie starts to feel real, Hanwool is forced to confront something he never planned for: choosing care over control, honesty over strategy.
What begins as pretending becomes learning - how to stay, how to soften, how to love without tearing each other down.
Because sometimes, after everything collapses, what remains is something steadier... and real.
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𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃: 02.09.26
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