He's Just A Pretty Boy... Right?
Description
Kim Yoonjung, a rebellious, beautiful rich girl with a Tom-Boy attitude, is being used by her uncle so his company will get more publicity. How? By making her have a fake relationship with one of her idols for three months. She and her new kpop-star "boyfriend" will need to advertise the uncle's products (he owns a clothing line and stuff) and get more attention from the media by pretending to be head-over-heels in love. Is Yoonjung's uncle actually going bankrupt, and only using her as a last-resort while her parents are away?
Yoonjung starts to question her uncle's motives as her new boyfriend tries to persuade her into believing that she's being used. Which one is telling the truth? Also, as a CERTAIN I-won't-say-anything-about-him-yet character starts snooping, Yoonjung must go to extremes to keep up the act.
Who will she end up believing? The uncle who has cared for her and kept a roof over her head? Or the boy who claims he only wants what's best for her, even though she knows his love is almost certainly just an act?
***ALL DIALOGUE IS IN KOREAN FROM HERE ON OUT UNLESS SHOWN OTHERWISE:***
ENGLISH IS WRITTEN LIKE THIS.
Foreword
My uncle stands at one side of the room, and my "boyfriend" at the other. Both are yelling to me; calling out and beckoning me.
My first instinct is to turn to my uncle. He's in a nice, green suit, but his hair is out of control and his beard makes him look like a hobo. Then I look to the boy who has told all the cameras and reporters that I am his and his alone; he's in a modest outfit of basketball shorts and a dark t-shirt, and I don't see tears in his eyes, but I feel them. I know they are there. The question is, are they real? Are they honest?
I turn to the boy. He's reaching out a hand to me, begging me to come to him. "Everything your uncle has said is a lie," he says. "He's been using you. He tricked you to get more money for himself!"
"That's not true!" my uncle's voice behind me shouts. "I did all this because I love you, Yoonjung! I did it to be able to continue to take care of you!"
"No," the boy says softly. "Please believe me, Yoonjung. I've come to seriously care for you, and I don't want to see you hurt anymore. I've been pulled into your uncle's plan too. My life has been screwed up by his selfish thoughts, just like yours has. Nothing else matters except for the fact that we are together, we have been thrown together, and we need to stick together to get out of this." His eyes are now visibly welling with tears, but I still can't decide if they're genuine or not. "Please," he whispers.
Forwards, or back. Only two options now. Back to my controlling uncle, the only family I've had since middle school. Or forwards, to something new, with a strange person who's lied to everyone saying we're in love, but now claims that we're one and the same.
Forwards, to him. Or back to where everything was decided for me. Two exits out of this confusing room.
Why can't there be another way out of this situation, like a side exit?
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