coffeedrinker's manga / #model(7)

Has a lot of potential, but it’s rushed. The first chapter has a noncon scene/near rape, but ignoring that the MC is portrayed as having feelings for the LI all along and the conflict is more about dealing with those feelings. But again, this is all super rushed.

Iliyan/Illian (bottom) is a famous model who has been plunged into controversy by the artist/designer James Taylor, when Taylor (a married man) unveils a statue that Illian is seemingly the muse of and then kisses Illian in front of press. Illian is tied to Taylor for work and reliant on him, and has become an irritable, cold alcoholic due to the fact he has been branded a horrible, gay homewrecker by society. He has a drunken one night stand with hotel manager Kyle Hackman (top), who is strangely interested in Illian. He saves Illian after he drunkenly falls into the pool during a shoot and begins to pursue him romantically.