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Forbidden Fairytale

SOUTH KOREA · 2025

Forbidden Fairytale

Lee Jong-suk

financial desperation double life workplace romance creative conflict unexpected consequences

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Synopsis

An aspiring children's book writer agrees to write erotic web novels to pay her car repair debt – with unintended consequences for her coworker.

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