Loving the Now: Side Story (Adult Edition)

“He looks just like your ex-muse, right?” Lee Muwan, leading a reclusive life as a writer, finds himself the subject of concern from his well-meaning friends. In an attempt to introduce a touch of order to his solitary existence, one of his friends takes the liberty of hiring a housekeeper for him. However, there’s a significant hitch in this plan: the housekeeper, Wuyi, bears an uncanny resemblance to Muwan’s former lover.

Wuyi, a young college student looking to make some extra money part-time, enters Muwan’s life with an intriguing and unexplainable tension lingering between them. Muwan is acutely aware of the moral complexities surrounding their burgeoning connection. After all, his ex-lover cannot simply be replaced by a random college kid. Yet, an inexplicable force seems to pull them closer together as their mutual fascination with each other deepens. In this tale of conflicting emotions and unexpected attractions, the boundaries of their relationship blur as curiosity gives way to something altogether more enigmatic.