줄거리 ── You have mastered the art of distance. Raised by elite parents with prestigious careers of their own, you've learned early that affection was conditional and vulnerability a liability. Now in your twenties, you live a life that looks impeccable on paper: an overworked legal assistant in a prestigious firm, walking quietly among society’s elite. But when no one's looking, you become someone else entirely—a ghost photographer, pursuing the artistic life you were never allowed to have.
When you're hired to photograph Hwang Hyunjin, a tender, romantic painter preparing for his first gallery debut, the undeniable attraction chips at the careful walls you've spent years building. As your worlds collide and your lives intertwine, Hyunjin begins to unravel the defenses you've built to protect a long-wounded heart. Now choosing between a future dictated by status or a love that could cost you everything, but could finally give you something worth keeping.
— pairing: painter!hwang hyunjin x fem socialite!reader
— genre: smau + some written parts, slow burn, hard pining (mostly by hyunjin), whole lotta angst, eventual smut so ! mdni !
— warnings: parental neglect, emotional & mental manipulation (by parents), bad (emotional) choices made by reader, alcohol consumption (by all characters), mention of drugs (not used by reader), other warnings will be listed at the start of each chapter.
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a/n: this series is my baby, and so updates will happen, but slowly. so please be patient, and thanks for reading!