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Behind the scenes, Ji-hoon panics. “They’ll kick me out of the group. Fans are already burning my photocards.”

Something in her expression softens. “Then pretend it’s real. That’s what I do.”

“Visual overload.” “She’s too old for him (she’s three years older).” “He can’t act. She’ll eat him alive.”

“Maybe. But I kept my promise. I found you.”

He stops. “You. I want you. But I’m not brave enough yet.”

A blurred photo surfaces on a gossip site: Ji-hoon and So-yul entering the same apartment building at 2 AM. Hashtags explode: #JiYul, #DatingScandal, #ProtectNova.

He says, “I resigned from Nova last week. The label didn’t announce it yet.”

The drama’s finale airs. In the last scene, So-yul’s character walks away from Ji-hoon’s character, saying, “Loving you in secret was still the most real thing I’ve ever done.” Ratings break records. Viewers weep.

So-yul laughs—a real, unguarded sound she never lets microphones catch. “You idiot. You ruined your career.”

When a beloved K-pop idol and a critically acclaimed actress are cast as lovers in a secretive drama, their real and reel boundaries blur under the relentless gaze of the public eye. Act I: The Contract