SUMMARY
If only he had said it out loud.
At eighteen, Park Sun-Ho is standing on the edge of the world. As the youngest member of the powerhouse group E.Motion, he is the “Golden Maknae”—the face of a generation, a Korean-Australian talent carrying the weight of a multi-million dollar industry on his shoulders. He’s supposed to belong to the fans. He’s supposed to be perfect.
But before the cameras start rolling, he meets her.
June Adams is eighteen, foreign, and refreshingly unaware of the posters of Sun-Ho’s face already lining the subways. She’s in Korea to study art, her head full of history and her heart set on a new beginning. To her, Sun-Ho isn’t a superstar; he’s just a boy with a secret smile.
Only June follows a decade-long journey of two people trying to hold onto each other while the world tries to pull them apart. From the frantic energy of debut stages to the lonely luxury of world tours, Sun-Ho must navigate the rivalry between his duty to his group and his desperate need for the one person who truly sees him.
As the years pass, the boy becomes a man, and the coffee shop girl becomes the muse of a nation. But in an industry built on illusions, can a love hidden in the lyrics of a song ever survive the light of day?
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SPOTIFY PLAYLIST
Coffee- BTS
They Don’t Know About Us- One Direction
Gasoline- The Weeknd
The Lucky One- Taylor Swift
My Time- BTS
Moral Of The Story- Ashe
Still With You- Jungkook
Double Take- Dhruv
Try Again- Jaehyun, d.ear
18- One Direction
Everything Is Romantic - Reimagined- Alina Kay, Ozz Gold
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