Startled by Do Hyuk’s words that seemed to test her, Jae In jumped.
“Well, of course, I went alone.”
“Hmm, I see.”
Shifting his gaze to the documents, Do Hyuk casually spoke while still glancing at Jae In standing there.
“Seo Team Leader, are you going to keep standing there?”
“No! I’m leaving now.”
Jae In bowed slightly and hurriedly went outside.
“Why is Team Leader suddenly like that? Making people uneasy. Did something unpleasant happen?”
Curious mode fully activated, Na Hee turned to Jae In, who was sitting down with a puzzled expression.
“Team Leader, what’s with your expression? What did Team Leader say?”
“He said he didn’t have an appetite and didn’t eat the sandwich.”
“Is that all? Didn’t he say anything about leaving the seat?”
Seeing Na Hee openly disappointed, Jae In unknowingly clenched her fist with frustration.
“Deputy Manager Kang, aren’t you going home?”
“Why? Is there something I should do alone with Team Leader?”
Na Hee asked with a sharp gaze.
“There was. It would have stayed if it wasn’t for you. By the way, it’s true that I stayed because of Team Leader.”
Jae In suddenly remembered something Do Hyuk had said about Na Hee before.
“That type is not really my thing.”
Kang Na Hee, you’ve been through a lot.
At this moment, Jae In couldn’t help but cast a sympathetic glance at Na Hee, who was intentionally lingering around the team leader’s office.
Then, a thought naturally came to her.
“Wait. Does that mean…? The type that Team Leader likes… is me?”
I’ve been hiding my overflowing charm so well, but you managed to figure it out, huh?
Jae In burst into a smirking laugh.
Soon, she realized that both corners of her mouth had lifted up towards the sky, and she was taken aback.
“Don’t be happy about that kind of thing!”
It was dangerous.
Jae In shook her head vigorously as if trying to shake off unnecessary thoughts.
“Turn off your mind and focus on work, work!”
Jae In yawned widely and resumed her remaining tasks.
However, not long after, her hands that were typing on the keyboard stopped in midair.
“Wait a minute? Come to think of it, the team leader used honorifics? Instead of addressing me as Seo Jae In, he called me Seo Team Leader.”
As if asking why she should use honorifics with a spy, even though they always casually called each other by their names when they were alone.
Now, she felt relieved, thinking that her suspicions were confirmed.
A strange sense of distance between her and Do Hyuk emerged, and an indescribable feeling of resentment arose in a corner of her heart.
Why are you like this?
How close were we before?
Jae In couldn’t concentrate on her work at all because of Do Hyuk popping up in her mind out of nowhere.
After Jae In left, Do Hyuk tried to sit back down and focus on his work.
However, when he regained his composure, he noticed that the document in his hand was crumpled without any reason, and the pen he was holding was about to break.
His face turned red as if it would burst at any moment.
“You said we were going to have dinner together. You said that, and you had sandwiches with Na Min Woo? And you did it so casually, just the two of you?”
Feeling tense at the unexpected appearance of Han Kyu Min, Jae In made the mistake of momentarily forgetting about the existence of Na Min Woo, whom she had been keeping in her heart.
When Do Hyuk heard the story that Jae In went out with Na Min Woo earlier, he felt a jolt in his head as if he had been electrocuted.
Driven by a surge of jealousy, he rushed to the cafe in the lobby on the first floor.
As expected, Jae In was sitting there, enjoying a cup of tea and having a friendly conversation with Na Min Woo.
In my heart, I wanted to rush into the cafe immediately and bring Jae In out with me.
However, because I had already shown such an absurdly jealous side, I couldn’t bring myself to step forward.
Feeling pathetic as I watched from a distance, I immediately returned to the office.
“He didn’t even smile at me like that… It’s too much.”
Do Hyuk couldn’t focus on the documents in front of him.
Jae In, who had been talking and laughing with Min Woo, kept coming to mind.
He thought they had become much closer while spending time together.
When they were together, Jae In seemed more at ease than before.
So now, he wondered if she had become more open to him.
Do Hyuk felt like all his efforts had been in vain.
What triggered Do Hyuk’s jealousy the most was Jae In’s desperate attempts to hide her meeting with Min Woo.
Surely, she was trying to protect Min Woo even to the point of lying.
In the past, Jae In had never backed down in front of a wary Do Hyuk and had always shielded Min Woo.
“Min Woo senior is the most trustworthy person I’ve ever met.”
“Is your team leader really that precious to you that you’re begging me so earnestly?”
“Of course.”
The most trustworthy and precious person.
Jae In had referred to Min Woo as such.
“Min Woo was a bigger problem than Han Kyu Min.”
An unpleasant feeling welled up in Do Hyuk’s heart once again.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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