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Throughout the elevator ride down to the first floor and the walk to the convenience store, silence prevailed.
Sa Rang found herself continually distracted by Do Han.
It had been a week.
Since they had been alone together.
It was awkward and uncomfortable, unlike before.
Was he planning not to engage with her at all now?
She wanted to start a conversation but couldn’t find anything to say.
It seemed they might just remain as mere coworkers at this rate.
Sa Rang quietly paid for thirteen ice creams and left the convenience store.
When the two of them stood side by side at the elevator, a smell of alcohol wafted over from someone nearby.
Whoever it was had guts.
To think of returning to work after drinking enough to smell during lunchtime.
Sa Rang turned her head naturally.
When she saw the face, it wasn’t much of a surprise.
“Hello, Manager Park.”
It was Park Tae Soo, Manager of the Product Planning Team.
Despite being the boss’s relative, she hadn’t realized he could be such a troublemaker.
How could he think of working while drunk?
Sa Rang was once again grateful she wasn’t in the same team as Tae Soo.
“It’s been a while since I saw you at the office, Sa Rang.”
They had met recently at the company picnic, but it had been months since they saw each other at the office.
Due to their occasional collaboration on projects, Tae Soo and she crossed paths now and then.
But since Do Han joined, he had been visiting the Product Planning Team instead of her.
Sa Rang forced a smile.
His scrutinizing gaze today felt particularly unpleasant.
Knowing his reputation for subtle harassment towards female colleagues, Sa Rang took a step back.
She had never experienced it herself, but this blatant staring was familiar.
It felt like bugs crawling on her skin.
She was thankful not to have encountered him alone in the elevator.
“It’s been hard to see you since a new person joined the planning team.”
Tae Soo quickly closed the distance Sa Rang had just opened.
With each word, the smell of alcohol grew stronger.
Sa Rang awkwardly smiled in response, and only then Tae Soo seemed to notice Do Han standing beside her, his face contorting.
“If you were bringing someone, you should have brought a female colleague. Team Leader Han is so strict. Must be tough working under him.”
He didn’t hesitate to speak ill of a superior who was a decade older, calling him ‘Team Leader’ instead of ‘Team Leader Han’.
Such a despicable character.
“No, not at all. Team Leader treats us like family, so it’s comfortable to work.”
Unable to hold back, Sa Rang responded with a smile.
She couldn’t just stand by while he insulted her team.
The thought that she was lucky not to have a boss like him nearly escaped her lips.
“I can treat you like family too. Any thoughts of transferring to our team?”
Tae Soo smirked, placing his hand on Sa Rang’s shoulder.
She held her breath for a moment.
As his hand began to squeeze her shoulder, her body stiffened.
Then, Do Han grabbed her arm and pulled her behind him.
This caused Tae Soo’s hand to fall away.
Tae Soo sneered incredulously.
“What’s this? A junior interrupting while a manager is talking? No respect for hierarchy in the planning team?”
Tae Soo’s eyes sharpened, already not fond of Do Han.
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“It seems you’re not one to respect hierarchy either, Manager Park.”
“What?”
Tae Soo chuckled dismissively.
Do Han, unfazed, looked straight at him.
Do Han towered over him, making Tae Soo’s face contort even more.
“Just now, you belittled our team leader. And harassed a subordinate.”
“Hah, these days people have no manners. How is it harassment? Just a friendly pat on the shoulder is a problem now?”
“Aren’t you aware that it’s harassment if the other person feels discomfort? Harassment can be physical, verbal, or even visual. You must know this since you’ve received workplace harassment prevention training.”
Do Han tried to remain as calm as possible.
He had held back when Tae Soo’s eyes roamed over Sa Rang’s body, but the moment his hand landed on her shoulder, Do Han clenched his fist.
If this weren’t the workplace, he would have shoved that filthy hand away instantly.
He was only exercising this much patience because Tae Soo was a superior.
“This is really getting on my nerves.”
Tae Soo ran his fingers through his hair roughly.
The day after he had made Do Han stand in the office for three hours, Tae Soo had been reprimanded by the team leader.
During the company picnic, he had even fallen while trying to catch a ball from Do Han.
Never having been bested by anyone before, the defeat that day was particularly humiliating.
Not just because he lost in soccer, but because he was consistently outdone by a young newcomer.
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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