Make Me Bark
개같이 살자
Synopsis
After fire leaves him homeless, Sungjoon becomes wealthy Hyo-in's "dog" in exchange for shelter, developing mutual attraction.
Everything seemed to be coming along for Bae Sungjoon. After graduation, Sungjoon moved to Seoul and through hard work, he saved enough money to finally afford a modest place on his own. But when a fire breaks out in his building, Sungjoon is once again left with nothing but a phone number of a former classmate—the privileged and wealthy Lee Hyo-in—whom he asks for help. In order to get out of Hyo-in's hair as soon as possible, Sungjoon juggles multiple part-time jobs, which unsurprisingly wears him down. However, Hyo-in has a different proposition: he will pay Sungjoon to act like his dog! Although Sungjoon assumes that Hyo-in's intentions are perverted, all Hyo-in asks is that Sungjoon greets him upon returning home and occasionally go for walks together. Sungjoon notices Hyo-in is handsome and his gaze is piercing; he realizes that he, in fact, is the one who wishes for their odd relationship to turn intimate—and maybe Hyo-in's true intentions are not all that innocent either.
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