
by Rini tu
A Beautiful Lie Yoo Do-hwan has everything people dream of having — wealth, power, and a position at the top of Seoul’s business world. But behind his cold CEO image is a man who has spent his entire life loving only one person: Moon Jae-hyun, a talented painter who became his greatest happiness. Their wedding is everything they ever dreamed of — two families united, a love celebrated, and a future that seems impossible to break. But after the wedding, when Do-hwan returns to Yoo Group and meets a new assistant assigned to him, his perfect world begins to shift. Moon Jae-hyun is not the only person carrying hidden memories. The new assistant, someone with an elegant smile and a flawless reputation, enters the company with a carefully created identity and a past he refuses to reveal. Years of pain, humiliation, and ambition have shaped him into someone who knows exactly how to enter powerful people's lives. At first, he only intends to use Do-hwan and the Yoo family for his own purpose. But the more time he spends beside the CEO, the more he discovers a man completely different from the ruthless image everyone fears — a man who loves deeply, protects fiercely, and believes in the people around him. Caught between the life he planned and the feelings he never expected, the assistant must decide whether to continue the beautiful lie he created or face the truth he has been running from. Because sometimes the most dangerous lies are not the ones we tell others. They are the ones we tell ourselves. A story of love, obsession, revenge, and the fragile line between being loved and being needed.
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