TLY 00

Prologue

It was a strawberry cake.

A cake made by spreading soft whipped cream between fluffy sponge layers and placing fresh strawberries on top.

Yeonhee looked at the cake on the plate with pride and smiled brightly.

[Mr. Yoon Ji-han, fans have been waiting for you for a long time. I was waiting as well! That is why there is so much attention on this new project.]

The TV was on, but Yeonhee’s attention was completely focused on the cake.

Soft, sweet, and a taste that brought happiness.

A taste that made her shoulders, which had been drooping all day, naturally rise again.

How could someone create a taste like this?

Yeonhee smiled happily as she imagined what it would be like to eat cake instead of rice every day.

[What genre is the movie you are releasing this time?]

[It is an action thriller.]

At that moment, a heavy and low male voice coming from the TV pierced her ears.

……Huh?

It was a voice she had heard somewhere before.

With her mouth full of cake, Yeonhee turned her eyes toward the TV.

A female host and a male actor were sitting on chairs and having a conversation.

The man’s answers were a little too short to be called an interview, but the host did not seem to care.

She only stared at his face intensely the entire time he spoke.

That woman asked the questions, so why isn’t she listening to the answers……?

Only then did the male actor’s face catch Yeonhee’s attention.

Dark eyebrows that formed a T-shape, a sharp and high nose bridge, large eyes without double eyelids, thick red lips, and a slightly angular jawline.

Wearing a neat suit, he was a man who was obviously very handsome to anyone who saw him.

[But Mr. Yoon Ji-han, have you never considered appearing in a romance movie? You always only film action movies. The requests from fans never stop…….]

The male actor called Yoon Ji-han looked at the host silently.

His eyes, which had only given short answers until now, shook for the first time.

[Ha, haha……. Was that a difficult question? Since Mr. Yoon Ji-han is the one everyone calls the ‘Lover,’ people are naturally curious!]

The female host laughed awkwardly, trying to smooth over the situation, but he still did not say anything.

[Well then, let’s move on to the next question—]

At that moment, Ji-han answered as if each word was painful to swallow.

[……I hate it.]

[Excuse me? What did you just say…….]

[I hate love.]

Clang—

Yeonhee dropped her fork in surprise.

He hated love?

Why……?

Being able to feel love was a privilege.

Because this was a world where the Yeongong Virus had spread, a disease that made people unable to feel love.

But why……?

What could possibly be the reason for hating love?

Yeonhee became curious about that man, Yoon Ji-han.