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The drama here is so stretchout. In any normal human interaction if someone said "I used you as an inspiration for my character" the person will be interesting or wont give a shit.
Author should've give ACTUAL reason for character feel betrayed. Like MC editor will push/persuade Dohu into relationship by saying this experience can help you with your book and levitate your career. Dohu would also at the start will say to his editor or friend that hes only doing it for book to confirm that this is fake relationship.
And after they started dating and Dohu genuinely fall in love, Juheon will find out that Dohu started this not because he likes him but because of his career (either editor will slip this info accidentally or Dohu friend slipped that its funny how this relationship started as fake). This will lead to confrontation and Dohu will admit that yeah IT WAS true which will lead to the current situation while also making drama REASONABLE.
THE REASON IS RIGHT HERE, AUTHOR.