“Haru noona. Kim Director is here now.”
“What?”
I quickly raised my face, flattened on the desk. Despite my inner complaint about his timing, my eyes began searching for a man.
But no matter how frantically I looked around, I couldn’t find Jun. Just as I was about to turn to Hyunsu in confusion, I heard them.
“Pff, Jeong Eun noona, see? There’s no need to wake Haru noona up. Just mentioning Kim Director is here and she’s up instantly.”
“Sigh… Hyunsu. I should have recognized it when you were so confident she’d wake up right away.”
I quickly grasped the situation from their conversation. The relief that Jun wasn’t actually here outweighed the frustration of their prank.
“Please stop joking like that,” I scolded them as I lay back down, but then froze as Hyunsu dropped another comment.
“Kim Director is actually coming today, though. I didn’t make that up.”
“Hyunsu, what did you just say?”
He didn’t answer my question and instead started to smirk mischievously. My face must have shown my panic. I tried to brush it off, asking if they were starting again, but Hyunsu finally spoke, barely suppressing his laughter.
“What did I say? Something like, Haru noona looks so tired, it’s pitiful.”
“That’s not what you said.”
A slightly embarrassed Hyunsu shrugged and chuckled, adding to his statement.
“It’s… although he hasn’t arrived yet, it’s true that Director Kim is coming today. You probably didn’t hear because you rushed out to meet Director Kim yesterday during work. Right after you left, PD Kang quickly scheduled a meeting.”
Why is Jun involved in a meeting set by PD Kang? Hyunsu, noticing my puzzled expression, added more information.
“We are doing a program together with Director Kim, aren’t we? Although we sent him the related materials while he was in Japan, PD Kang thought it would be good to give a thorough explanation of the program’s planning intentions and the current investment review process now that he’s in Korea.”
“……Really necessary?”
“Pfft, Haru noona.”
“……Why?”
“That reaction was so like you. It was always me who rebelled when asked to do something tedious with ‘Really necessary?’ It’s suspicious, Haru noona. Why do you act so reserved whenever it’s about Director Kim?”
“Hyunsu, are you bragging about that?”
Jeong Eun, reading my troubled expression, quickly cut off Hyunsu.
“Ah, that’s not the point. Anyway, Director Kim will be here soon, so cheer up, Haru noona. We’ll handle the presentation anyway.”
“Hyunsu, instead of talking, why don’t you get the presentation ready on the screen? It’s almost time.”
“Don’t worry, Writer Seo. I’ll take care of it.”
Despite his bold words, Hyunsu quickly walked towards the laptop he had set up earlier, perhaps fearing another scolding. He might have felt a late sense of urgency.
“Hyunsu’s not completely wrong.”
Jeong Eun’s soft voice spread behind me. I opened my eyes wide and met her gaze.
“You and Director Kim know best about your relationship, but here, you and the director are just colleagues meeting for work. Everyone will treat you professionally regardless of what’s between you two.”
“I know that.”
“Good, so don’t worry too much. It’s a project Director Kim agreed to. Don’t be too apprehensive like Hyunsu said.”
“……We have a presentation soon. I should get ready.”
“Right. Especially since we can’t really trust Hyunsu.”
Jeong Eun winked and smiled, then walked over to where Hyunsu was.
Not long after, the PowerPoint for the briefing appeared on the screen. As there were talks of turning our story from the program into a movie, the conference room began to fill with NJ TV’s PDs and writers.
As I was tensely focusing on the screen, I suddenly felt someone sit heavily in the seat behind me. I turned around hastily, almost letting out a loud gasp.
“I didn’t ask for this briefing.”
“……What?”
“Don’t misunderstand because of what I said yesterday. Asking if you planned this program. It’s unrelated to that.”
“Ah…….”
As Jun fiddled with his lower lip, he hesitated a bit before turning his head towards me.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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