Jaein ran to the entrance with a joyful heart.
“Team leader, are you coming now? What about dinner?”
“I ate something quickly.”
“Were you very busy?”
“Yeah. Too much work piled up due to the business trip.”
Fatigue was evident in Dohyuk’s voice. Observing his well-defined features accentuated by exhaustion, Jaein felt an impulse to embrace him.
Dohyuk, without entering, just gazed at her with a faint smile.
Could it be like last time?
Thinking back to the day Dohyuk returned from a business trip to Gohung and hugged her as soon as he entered the house, Jaein recalled that precarious moment.
“I went through a lot wanting this to continue.”
Remembering that thrilling moment, Jaein’s face turned bright red.
Suddenly, Dohyuk approached Jaein closely.
“Why? Why?”
With a shy smile, Dohyuk gently placed his hand on her head as she hesitated and stammered.
“Because being warmly welcomed feels nice. Especially when it’s you, Seo Jaein.”
With those words, Dohyuk entered the room, chuckling.
“After waiting for hours, is this all?”
Jaein was surprised to find herself regretting that Dohyuk had left.
“Why am I feeling like I’m expecting something?”
Excited.
Her flushed face became increasingly warm.
As the firmly closed lock released, Jaein uncontrollably fell for Cha Dohyuk.
“Seo Jaein, wake up.”
Dohyuk bent down, shaking Jaein, who had fallen asleep on the sofa.
When Jaein opened her eyes, Dohyuk was looking down at her with neatly combed hair.
Whether fatigue had eased after showering or not, vitality returned to his face.
“Were you waiting for me?”
“Oh, no! I think I dozed off while watching TV.”
Jaein averted her gaze, fearing she might seem like she was waiting with anticipation.
Then, Dohyuk nonchalantly pointed to the television with his eyes.
“Even while dozing off, you managed to turn off the TV?”
…!
Caught red-handed!
Feeling embarrassed, Jaein couldn’t find the right words.
However, Dohyuk casually said to the awkward Jaein,
“Anyway, it’s good. There’s still a lot of work to do.”
Jaein briefly doubted her ears after his bombshell statement.
“Work? Oh, right, he mentioned having a lot of work due to the business trip.”
At that moment, Dohyuk seemed so exhausted that she had momentarily let her guard down.
However, he was Cha Dohyuk, the workaholic second-in-command on Earth.
On the first day she moved into this house, he had kept her up until 2:30 in the morning.
“Still, really. How can you think about work on the first day of dating?”
Jaein looked at Dohyuk with a disappointed expression.
“Team leader, don’t you get tired of just working all the time?”
“Not at all.”
Before she could say more, she remembered she was dealing with Cha Dohyuk.
With a resigned feeling, Jaein got up from the sofa.
Then, Dohyuk gently pulled her wrist and wrapped his arms around her waist.
Abruptly, Jaein’s eyes widened in surprise.
Dohyuk gazed at her gently and asked, “Where are you going?”
“I heard you had a lot of work, so I was going to get my laptop…”
“What I mentioned wasn’t about that work.”
“Pardon?”
Dohyuk raised the corner of his mouth, sending a meaningful gaze. Jaein’s heart sank.
“Seo Jaein, what do you take me for?”
Well, whenever Mr. Cha Dohyuk mentioned work before, he always assigned tasks that truly made her head spin.
Unable to withstand Dohyuk’s intense gaze, Jaein turned her head.
“You said there was a lot of work piled up.”
“I finished everything at the office. Put all my effort into it.”
Of course, that was the plan.
Dohyuk’s breathing became increasingly rough.
With a trembling voice, Jaein said, “You must be tired. You should rest.”
“Not tired. At all.”
“What if someone comes?”
The nightmare of Sunghoon barging in yesterday was still vivid.
“At this hour? Besides, no one can come in. I changed the password a while ago.”
…!
Dohyuk had already prepared for everything.
Dohyuk, who had nothing left to be rough about, gently closed his crimson lips and lowered his head.
Feeling the vigorous heartbeat transmitted through his clothes, Jaein closed her eyes softly.
Now, the two people who should engage in the desirable ‘work’ between a man and a woman living together had finally started.
The next day, Wednesday, exactly 12:00 noon.
Dohyuk sat across from Chairman Cha Dae-san at the traditional Korean restaurant ‘Spring Day.’
“I’ve already ordered the meal.”
“Thank you, Grandfather.”
A moment of silence fell between them, with a table filled with delicious dishes.
Because they resembled each other so much, both in appearance and personality, conversations often awkwardly stopped when they were together.
Dohyuk spoke first.
“How’s your health?”
“Looks like I’m still strong.”
“Thank goodness.”
Dohyuk had always worried about Chairman Cha’s energy not being the same as before, but today he seemed unusually fine.
Chairman Cha spoke with a serious expression.
“Dohyuk, you need to take over as the CEO next year. How about getting married before that? It would look good to the shareholders.”
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
