Just as her hazy mind felt like it was about to drift away, an unexpectedly familiar ringtone echoed in her ear.
Startled, Jaein parted her lips and said, “T-Team leader, that’s enough now. There’s a call…”
“Don’t worry about it.”
Ignoring such things, Dohyuk sealed her lips again.
“Ugh!”
Jaein tapped on his back as if to say stop.
However, Dohyuk couldn’t stop.
He had been waiting for this moment for so long.
Driven by the desire to be close to Jaein for as long as possible, he relentlessly pressed on without giving her a chance to speak.
At some point, the continuous ringtone abruptly stopped.
And.
Ding!
The sound of the door unlocking was followed by the main door swinging open.
At the same time, Jaein exerted an otherworldly strength and pushed Dohyuk’s chest away.
Due to that, Dohyuk ended up sitting on the living room floor with a thud.
Someone was observing them with a surprised expression.
It was Sungjun, who appeared gentle without a hint of disturbance.
“Oh, I’m sorry! I didn’t know you were here. I apologize for the intrusion.”
Sungjun hastily apologized to the two people who obviously looked like they had suddenly fallen after causing some trouble.
At this very moment.
Dohyuk, feeling wronged, swiftly brushed off the floor and stood up.
“Hmm. What’s going on, Director Kim?”
“Weren’t you supposed to meet with me at the house today? Did you forget?”
Ah, he had completely forgotten because he was too preoccupied with Seo Jaein.
“Oh, right. But what if you suddenly open the door like that?”
“I apologize. I’m concerned because it seems like Sir Doyeon is still at work, and I called Miss Seo Jaein three times but couldn’t get through. I was worried that something might have happened to her, so I came in without notice. Fortunately, it seems she’s okay.”
At those words, both Dohyuk and Jaein felt guilty.
Jaein looked at Dohyuk with a flushed face.
‘I told you I heard the bell!’
‘Did it have to end up like this?’
Dohyuk scratched his head and chuckled coolly.
Jaein just sighed.
‘Whose fault is this? It’s my fault for grabbing him, saying it’s okay to kiss.’
I’m going crazy, crazy!
It was embarrassing enough with Senior Minwoo and Sister Seoyeon, and now Director Kim.
It was so embarrassing that she was on the verge of collapsing.
Jaein lowered her head and stood up from her seat.
“Director Kim, hello. I’ll take my leave now.”
Leaving only a brief greeting, Jaein jumped into her room.
Sungjun, who unintentionally became a troublemaker, awkwardly smiled with a mixed expression of regret and sympathy.
Unable to hide the lingering sweetness of the kiss, Dohyuk glared at Sungjun, then headed towards Jaein.
The next morning, on Tuesday, Jaein and Dohyuk were having a light breakfast.
Unlike Jaein, who had skipped dinner last night due to embarrassment and was now tired, Dohyuk was more energetic than usual.
“It seems like Team Leader slept very well?”
In response to Jaein’s pointed question, Dohyuk replied with a teasing smile.
“Of course. Knowing that Seo Jaein likes me made all my worries disappear. Haha!”
Jaein was dumbfounded, her mouth hanging wide open.
Is this cheerful person in front of me really the fearsome Cha Dohyuk who was ruthless and chilling?
“It seems like at least one person had a good night’s sleep.”
“Why, did Seo Jaein sleep poorly?”
Seeing Dohyuk’s ‘I don’t know anything’ expression, Jaein’s patience, which had been building up, exploded.
“Is that what you call it? How can I sleep well in such embarrassment! You take responsibility, Team Leader!”
While Jaein burst into anger, Dohyuk’s raised mouth didn’t seem to come down.
Speak.
Jaein placed her hand on her forehead and said, “Team Leader, I have one favor to ask.”
“What is it? Feel free to tell me anything.”
“In the company, you must never reveal anything. You know the ‘strictly categorize construction’ that you like, right? If it’s exposed, I won’t be able to show my face at the company due to embarrassment.”
“Of course. I’m very strict about categorizing construction.”
Yes, I’m sure you are.
Though she had a lot to say, Jaein endured it for now as it was still working hours.
“You must promise me.”
“Yeah, I promise.”
But why does it feel so uneasy?
Jaein hoped that her intuition was wrong.
“Seo Jaein, so are we officially dating now?”
When Dohyuk asked seriously, Jaein nodded slightly with a blushing face.
For the first time since they met, the two looked at each other and laughed brightly.
It was a historic moment for Jaein, officially breaking free from her single status.
“Oh? Has it gotten this late already?”
Unbeknownst to them, it was almost time to go to work.
Jaein escorted Dohyuk to the front door before heading off to work.
“I’ll go.”
“Yes. See you at the company.”
Dohyuk opened the front door but came back to Jaein.
Then, abruptly, he kissed Jaein’s lips sneakily.
“Seo Jaein, see you later.”
With a sly smile, Dohyuk left, leaving Jaein standing there with a dazed, silly grin.
‘Cha Dohyuk, this is unfair with such a big gap!’
“Team Leader Seo, good morning!”
As Jaein entered the office, Yeonji greeted her warmly.
“Yeah. Good morning. But…”
Jaein gestured with her mouth, asking, ‘What’s wrong with Manager Kang?’
Nahee, who had recklessly challenged Dohyuk yesterday and got ruthlessly rejected, was lying on the desk like a seaweed on a drying line.
When Yeonji shook her head as if she didn’t understand English, Jaein shrugged her shoulders.
“Oh? Yeonji, what’s this?”
On the desk was a beautifully arranged piece of cake and coffee, almost too pretty to eat.
Yeonji smiled brightly and said, “The team leader treated us. He seems to be in a good mood. Do you know what happy event happened to him?”
That’s why she seemed so uneasy.
Jaein glanced sneakily towards the manager’s office.
‘Didn’t he emphasize so much not to let it be known? Why do you have to be like this?’
Worried about getting caught and feeling embarrassed, Jaein was in a difficult situation in more ways than one.
It was as if she wanted to brag like a child, feeling both awkward and cute about Dohyuk, who wanted to reveal it.
‘If it’s like this, there’s nothing I can say.’
A smile that seemed to appear on Jaein’s lips but not quite was brought to Yeonji’s attention.
Taking advantage of this, Yeonji asked with sparkling eyes, “Team Leader Seo, do you happen to have any guesses?”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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