In Do Hyuk’s seemingly teasing tone, Jae In felt exposed and flustered.
In fact, when getting ready for work this morning, Jae In had put in extra effort not only with her hair styled using a curling iron but also with her makeup.
She couldn’t understand why she did that.
Jae In tried to play it off nonchalantly.
“It’s a shame. Not at all.”
“Really? It seemed like you just made a disappointed expression, but maybe I saw it wrong?”
“Oh, that… It’s because of sushi, sushi!”
“Sushi?”
“Yesterday, you asked me what I liked, so I thought maybe we were going to eat sushi today, and I got my hopes up. So I guess I unintentionally showed it on my face.”
This time, disappointment flashed across Do Hyuk’s face.
Nice! Jae In cheered inwardly.
It was a very appropriate improvised response.
Do Hyuk, who had become a figure that couldn’t even compare to sushi, bluntly said,
“Hmm. Sorry for the disappointment.”
“It’s okay. Unexpected things happen in life, right? Well then, I’ll be leaving.”
I should run away before saying anything else strange.
When Jae In briskly walked towards the door,
Do Hyuk’s voice stopped her in her tracks.
“Seo Jae In, didn’t you used to tie your hair at work?”
“…!”
It was a simple question that would end with a “yes” as an answer.
But the problem was how those words pierced Jae In’s ears, sounding like, “Did you want to look good for someone by letting your hair down?”
“IIt’s not like I purposely let my hair down… It’s just that it didn’t dry well when I tied it, so I let it down! I was afraid I would be late if I dried it too long after waking up late this morning… And because I have a lot of hair… I thought it was dry enough, so I was going to tie it up.”
Jae In tried to tie her hair while giving a long explanation, but Do Hyuk quickly interjected.
“Don’t tie it.”
“What?”
The eyes of the two people facing each other widened simultaneously.
For a moment, a bewildered expression flickered across Do Hyuk’s face. He seemed surprised even though he had just said it.
Jae In slowly lowered the hand that had gathered her hair and asked.
“Why… not?”
“….”
Thump, thump.
Do Hyuk remained silent, his heart pounding.
Jae In nervously swallowed her dry saliva.
Did she intentionally let her hair down today to look prettier?
Does it show that she put effort into her hair?
Despite that, unexpectedly, a word reached Jae In’s ears, making her feel perplexed.
“You should keep your hair down to stay warm. It’s cold because it’s winter.”
“What? Oh…”
Jae In’s tension eased.
Unbeknownst to her, Do Hyuk had returned to his usual expressionless face and was immersed in his work.
A while later, Jae In left the team leader’s office and returned to her seat, tightly tying her hair together.
“Oh? Team Leader Seo, your hair looked pretty with waves today. Why did you tie it up?”
Yeon Ji asked with a puzzled expression, and Jae In replied bitterly.
“Because it’s hot.”
I didn’t realize that Cha Do Hyuk considered insulation so important.
Feeling foolish for overthinking, Jae In vented her frustration by lightly hitting the keyboard in the direction of the team leader’s office.
Observing Jae In through the blinds, Do Hyuk raised an eyebrow and stroked his chin.
“I told her not to tie it… Is the office hot?”
Around noon on the same day,
A car parked in front of Chairman Cha Dae San’s house, and Seong Joon got out.
Following the butler’s guidance, Seong Joon walked through the garden and long corridor, entering Chairman Cha’s study.
“Chairman, greetings. Happy birthday.”
“Thank you, Manager Kim. I’m sorry for calling you out of the blue.”
“No, Chairman. I also wanted to see you. Have you been comfortable all this time?”
Although he was an eightyfiveyearold man with white hair, there was a youthful spark in his eyes like a twentyyearold.
Although he had stepped back from the forefront as an honorary chairman now, during his active years, everyone who saw him was in awe of his tremendous charisma.
Just like the current Do Hyuk. Or even surpassing Do Hyuk.
“You’ve been doing fairly well. And how about you?”
“I have always sincerely served you, sir.”
“Thank you, Manager Kim. With you by Do Hyuk’s side, I can stretch out my legs and sleep well.”
Feeling Chairman Cha’s sincerity, Seong Joon lowered his head.
“You flatter me. Thank you.”
“When I see you, I think of your father. There was no one like him… In Hwan, even in the afterlife, he won’t be lonely because he has your father.”
For a moment, Chairman Cha fell silent, perhaps reminded of the tragic accident that happened 15 years ago.
When the topic of his father came up, Seong Joon also became sorrowful.
Cha In Hwan, Do Hyuk’s father, and Seong Joon’s father, who was Cha In Hwan’s secretary, lost their lives in a headon collision with a drunk driver while returning from a business trip.
Since then, Chairman Cha had supported Seong Joon and his mother by covering their university tuition and living expenses.
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
