Huff!
Jae-in’s words hit the mark, leaving her momentarily speechless.
“Yeah, that’s right. Anyone who hears it would think I did it on purpose.”
If she had to make an excuse, she had been tormented by terrible delusions all this time, causing her to forget things inadvertently. Maybe she subconsciously wanted to act like she didn’t know.
Regretting bringing it up without a plan, Jae-in wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.
But she couldn’t back down now. Jae-in pressed her lips together and gathered her resolve.
“We’ve been busy, you know. When you live a hectic life, you can forget things sometimes.”
“Oh, you forgot? It wasn’t intentional?”
Ugh!
He’s still thinking that way, isn’t he?
Jae-in’s face heated up with frustration.
“Anyway! Please promise me you won’t do this again in the future, or I’ll leave right now!”
“Just kidding. Where would you go without a home?”
“I’m not kidding! I’d rather be homeless than live like this in constant anxiety.”
When Jae-in firmly declared her intention to run away, Do-hyuk’s eyebrows twitched.
“It’s not a joke! I’d rather be homeless than live like this in constant anxiety,” Jae-in declared firmly.
Seeing her 100% sincere expression, Do-hyuk took a step back, for now.
“Okay, I’ll stop.”
“Thank you!”
“Of course.”
“Then I’ll trust your promise and go in now. Thank you for today’s hard work.”
Jae-in tossed a comment that could be used at the office and entered her room.
Alone in the living room, Do-hyuk stared at her firmly closed door for a while.
The sensation of their touch was so vivid that he wanted to feel it again, but he knew it was absolutely forbidden.
A sigh escaped from Do-hyuk’s lips.
“I, really. I don’t have any self-control.”
The next morning.
Jae-in, with her tired body in tow, arrived at work a bit early.
It was Friday, and the effects of the long business trip seemed to have taken a toll on her body.
Jae-in’s mobile phone was neatly placed on her desk.
She had heard from Do-hyuk yesterday that Seong-jun had found her mobile phone and put it on her desk.
“I’ve caused trouble for Director Kim again. I should treat him to a meal.”
When she pressed the power button firmly, it rang incessantly.
In just two days, there were over 20 missed calls and more than 40 messages.
Most of them were from Yeon-ji and Do-hyuk, but there were also messages from Gyu-min, Na-hee, and Yura.
She meticulously checked each one to see if there was any work-related content, but someone rushed to Jae-in.
“Team Leader Seo!”
“Oh, Yeon-ji, you’re here early?”
“I’m sorry I couldn’t go on the business trip with you. It had to be the day when an accident happened.”
Yeon-ji apologized with a troubled expression.
“It’s okay. We talked about it the day before yesterday when everything was settled, right? I was frustrated because I couldn’t reach you that day. I’m sorry too.”
“No, I should apologize for not being able to go.”
“Is there anything wrong with you?”
“No, I’m perfectly fine.”
Yeon-ji smiled and moved her body here and there.
“That’s a relief.”
“Did you have a good business trip?”
“Yeah, I went to two places, and everything went well.”
“That’s a relief! Did you get along well with the team leader?”
When Yeon-ji asked with a twinkle in her eye, Jae-in blushed like a tiny bean.
It felt like she had spilled everything about her work with Do-hyuk to the perceptive Yeon-ji.
“Huh? Wh-what do you mean?”
“I was worried that the team leader might not act as quirky as he does at the office. Did I make it awkward for him by talking to him? I’m sorry.”
“No, it’s not like that. You were just trying to help. And things actually went smoother with the team leader gone.”
That was the truth.
Do-hyuk had been very cooperative at Haepung Fisheries, where they had worked together.
“Team Leader Seo, I heard you went on the business trip alone with the team leader?”
Out of the blue, a sharp voice came from behind Jae-in.
Na-hee, who had just entered the office, approached Jae-in briskly.
Then, she looked around to make sure no one was listening and asked in a hushed tone.
“Don’t tell me something happened there?”
Kang Na-hee, she must have been really worried.
Why would she ask as soon as she arrived, as if she couldn’t wait?
When Jae-in didn’t respond, Na-hee pressed her again.
“Nothing happened, right?”
“What do you mean, nothing happened.”
Can’t you see that I don’t have the energy to talk about it? Just leave it be.
Jae-in felt feverish, her body trembling, and her head fuzzy.
“Why did you suddenly go on a business trip alone with the team leader? Team Leader Seo, was it your plan from the beginning?”
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
“It wasn’t you who said that. It was me. I had an accident suddenly and asked the team leader for a favor.”
When Yeon-ji intervened, offering to help Jae-in, Na-hee narrowed her eyes.
“Yeon-ji, you really have some nerve. If you wanted to go on a business trip, you could have gone alone. Why did you have to contact the team leader?”
Kang Na-hee, I know you’re concerned, but let’s stop here.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
