Painful, but Desirable (Novel)

Shin Ha-yeon has been secretly in love with Cha Do-yoon for a long time. But for him, Shin Ha-yeon was not a woman in his eyes. At best, she was just a junior in the same club. Or, at most, a colleague at the same workplace. That was all.

Then, he said, “I’m going to meet someone and get married soon. Hopefully, as soon as possible.”
Unable to suppress the emotions she had hidden for so long upon hearing that he was going to have a contract marriage with a woman she didn’t even know, she couldn’t hold back her feelings.

“If you really have to… then marry me.”

차도윤을 아주 오랫동안 짝사랑해 왔다. 하지만 그에게 신하연, 자신은 여자가 아니었다. 좋게 봐야 같은 동아리 후배. 더 나아가서는 같은 직장에 다니는 여자. 그냥 그 정도. 그랬던 그가 말했다. “선봐서 곧 결혼할 거야. 되도록 이른 시일 내에.” 모르는 여자와의 계약 결혼을 할 거라는 남자의 말에 오랫동안 숨겨 왔던 감정을 억누르지 못했다. “꼭 하셔야 한다면… 저랑 해요, 그 결혼.”