things that ive read / am reading!!!

A life in the spotlight is a dream for many…but it’s behind the scenes where the real drama takes place. Baek Yeongwoon plays manager for Seo Hae-yool, an up-and-coming actor at All One Pictures with a secret: his success is fuelled by an industry “sponsor” who loves more than just his talent. So when a love affair between the young star and a mysterious figure threatens the livelihood of their company, it is up to Yeongwoon to track his client down and put an end to their risky romp. But the truth may be too much for him to bear, as the other party turns out to be top model - and Yeongwoon’s first love - Han Seo-in. As Yeongwoon struggles to reconcile his unresolved feelings for Seo-in with his sense of duty toward his work, the two fall into a intricate web woven of unanswered questions and lingering emotions that changes the trajectory of their lives forever...

Attached at the hip for 20 years, Jiheon and Wooju are practically inseparable. There's definitely something simmering between them but Jiheon is an alpha and Wooju, just a beta. Not only that, but Wooju’s had his eyes on someone else lately, anyways. Ever the good friend, Jiheon makes an unexpected suggestion to Wooju in order to get the attention of the one he desires. But is there a layer of manipulation beneath this supposedly helpful gesture? What Jiheon feels is love, some might call…an obsession. And this obsession could lead to all sorts of trouble...

On a quiet dawn, in the midst of Yeonwoo's shrill buzzing, he met a runaway boy. Yeon-woo sees that he shares the same problem with the boy and since he is kind of cute he decides to help the boy he met for the first time, who then reacted strongly to his assistance. Two years have passed, and as if the meeting on that day was a dream, Yeon-woo does not loosen his guard down for every approaching Alphas. However, the refreshing woody scent of pheromone permeates between the borders, and Yeonwoo follows the scent without even stopping himself, and meets a very strong Alpha Kim Shin.

My family and my husband killed me. Because of the inheritance. Returning to the past, I made up my mind. “I have to protect my life and my inheritance.” Grand Duke Lapireon of the cursed family. I offered him, who was not interested in property and women, a one year contract marriage. Now, all we have to do is get a divorce… “Lady, do you think you can leave me now?” My husband is weird. “Would you like a land or a mine? Or an empire?” “Sasha, did Theo do something wrong?” “Mom, don’t leave me.” “Sister… I can’t live without you.” Even my in-laws began to obsess over me. (Taken from NU)

A pitiless "darkminded” lawyer Xan innocent and unsophisticatedcartoonist, little cartoonist, beg me and I'll help you~• Ex-boyfriend? A stalker? A love triangle ? Listen, you're mine.When safeguarding his legal rights, he encounters a domineering lawyer, will he sacrifice his body? What about his soul?

Soohyun doesn’t have a “first love,” but he definitely has a “first hate” - his high school classmate Eunsung. A smooth-mannered all-star, Eunsung snaps up first place in everything, leaving Soohyun always trailing behind in second place. Winning out over Eunsung is the one thing that motivates Soohyun, but after graduation, Soohyun contents himself with a dull, mediocre life. One day, Eunsung appears on the news, knee-deep in scandal and, for once, not perfectly at ease...lighting Soohyun’s inner fires once again. Desperate to see a fallen Eunsung with his own eyes, Soohyun jumps into the fray as a reporter, and gets Eunsung to strike an outrageous deal with him.

Will you become my Alpha? Become the oxygen I rely on to survive… I don’t care if you’re fatal… I will still be perfectly happy to rely on you. Xia Shao Ying’s newest work “Fatal Oxygen”. Stay tuned!

Even if you die, even if you are reborn… You will never be able to leave me. Unable to accept the emperor, who is engulfed in obsession and madness, I killed myself. But a hundred years passed by… and I was reborn, as if it was fate, as if fate played tricks on me. And with my past memory intact at that!! I vowed never to see him again, but I hoped that at least he would’ve forgotten all his memory… Could I not have escaped him even with death… I face the reincarnation of the emperor once again.

Park Sunwoo, who prefers a pair of thick glasses and an awkward-fitting suit, is an employee of DM Electronics Financial Accounting Team. He doesn have a very good reputation for being inflexible, but he doesn care at all about other peoples gossip because my happiness and comfort are of the utmost importance... Im in love with him too! They work for the same company! There is an opponent. Jung Taemoon, the male idol and prince of the personnel team. Park Sunwoo, who was secretly spying on his unrequited love as usual, finds out that Jung Taemoon enjoys promiscuous and rough one-night sex, and proposes that he can sleep with him as well...

A thoughtless finger slip leads Joe to snap a picture of Yeongwoo (Ian) smoking on his balcony - and thus, their fates begin to intertwine. Joe can't stop fantasizing about the tall, handsome stranger on the balcony, and and he grabs any chance to get to know him better. Unfortunately, he doesn't realize that Yeongwoo does the dirty work for one of the region's largest, most unsavory gangs... and is the ""lover"" of one of their most powerful people. A violent struggle for succession within the gang drags Yeongwoo deeper into this hellish cycle, making him the target of both detectives and other gang members, and it only makes him crave Joe's bright innocence even more. Although they undeniably yearn for each other, Yeongwoo's darkness might be enough to consume them both. Will Joe be able to free Yeongwoo from despair, or will he succumb to the violence and corruption himself?

Won yo-il, who was bullied every Monday because of his Waggle name, is afraid of Mondays. At the center of the bullying was his best friend, and Yo-il, who had been wandering after dropping out. To a great shock he returns to a new high school.

Johannes, a Swedish gay office worker has moved to New York to work at a small company. Unbeknown to everybody, he's actually an assassin who kills Wizards belonging to a secret society. What happens when he's caught by his lover, Jergen when he fails an assignment?

Ive loved you the most for most of my life. Now I am a piece of crumpled paper in the corner you would never glimpse. I thought you would be my today and all of my tomorrows. I imagined that someday you would turn around again and stare at me with all your love. However, when our love is gone, Ill just pick a sunny afternoon with gentle wind, put on my coat and leave for good... WARNING (this is so frickin sad it made me cry so much i swear to god this is just a warning tho)

Yohan, one day, after two months of making a living by cleaning the bathroom at the hotel, his superior asks him to leave. All Yohan has is his younger brother, Philip. A man said to Yohan that he resembled an acquaintance he knew a lot, and he suddenly proposed to work with him. Maybe it's a scam or something dangerous, but it's $5,000 a month. It was a job in a shabby, crumbling hut far away from the ridiculously huge mansion, but Yohan is happy. Of course, until he meets Helbert.

Sejun lost his mother in an accident and lives to support his father who is not in good health both physically and mentally. He suffers from a rejection of Alpha's pheromone for unknown reasons, but due to the grace of his eldest father who took care of him after his accident, he is unable to refuse the unreasonable request of his eldest father's son, Jungwon, and spends a tiring day there is. As usual, Sejun meets Taeheon while being taken away by Jungwon. However, after meeting Taeheon, a hit cycle that hasn't come for several years suddenly comes..."Instinct is telling me, hold this man."

After her lowly mother married a count, Aria enjoyed a life full of luxury while harassing her gentle stepsister Mielle. Several years later, Aria is about to be executed when Mielle reveals that she wickedly tricked Aria into building the bad reputation that ultimately brought her to the scaffold. Just as Aria desparately wishes she could change her fate, she sees a curious hourglass that takes her back into the past. Now, Aria can destroy Mielle by using her own tactics against her like a true villainess. The power of the hourglass is on her side... Can Aria take everything from Mielle, or will her actions change the past in ways she couldn't have imagined? Based on the hit novel.

Up-and-coming actor Asher just got the break of a lifetime—a film with superstar Remington and a famed director! This drama is deeper than anything he’s ever worked on before. He’s already almost quit and almost been fired. (Note: an unscripted slap is never a good idea). With Remington’s advice, he works hard on getting into character, but how far is too far? As these heartthrob actors grow closer, can Asher separate fact from fiction, or will these emotions he’s tapped into take center stage?

“I just want to live a normal life, why is this happening to me!” Your average student Ham Dan, whose hobby was reading “Law of Insomnia” wakes up to a beautiful novel like heroine. But even in the world of fantasy novels, her role is no different. Stuck as the childhood friend of the heroine, her normal everyday life comes to an end, becoming more twisted by her strong character.

Song Yuanxun, an indifferent homophobic, matched with Fang Zhaomu, who he hates, on a dating app! Unexpectedly, he found out that Fang Zhaomu is clingier than he thought…

Gamin Yoon, a 17 year old student, goes to a school known to harbor future criminals. Stuck in a carnivorous environment where only the strongest survive, he struggles to get good grades to enter a 4 year university. But, will he be able to study well enough to enter university, or will he get involved in the unending fights around the school?

“… I want to engrave you. In a form that never changes... .” A city full of high-rise buildings, Matthew Raynor, a sculptural student who lives in a disconnected relationship. Jin feels fate and makes a model proposal, but contrary to his intentions, the relationship between the two is gradually twisting... . Jin Cheong-woo, a Shinhaepa executive who swallows pains that seem to be cut off in a cruel world stained with dirty money and betrayal. Matthew, who approached him by himself, gives him another pleasure... . “However, there are conditions. First, you obey my words unconditionally.” The story of a man who built a wall with the world, a man who looked at the world in a funny way, and two men hiding different desires begins.