“Yeah. I’ve been holding back for a while, and I really want one. Want to come with me?”
Philip said with aegyo. It was disappointing to suddenly leave in a good atmosphere, but Ruby didn’t show any signs of it.
“I have my laptop, so it’s fine for both of us to go out. Come back quickly.”
“Of course.”
Ruby took out her lighter and watched Philip’s back as he left the cafe. Then she took out her phone. It was at that moment, while she was happily watching a YouTube video with puppies, that a familiar voice reached her ears.
“Is it because of Hyeju?”
At the mention of the familiar name, Ruby reflexively turned her head. Two people were sitting in the empty seats that were vacant just a moment ago.
“Oh, wow.”
It was Seungwon and Dahee.
As Ruby hunched her neck like a turtle at the unexpected encounter of the main characters who had caused a commotion in the office on Friday morning, she couldn’t pretend to know, nor could she leave.
Unintentionally, she found herself eavesdropping.
“Now that it’s turned out like this, should we find out what the situation is?”
The sound of Seungwon and Dahee arguing reached Ruby’s pointed ears. Hyeju’s name came up intermittently, and in the end, Dahee burst into tears. The cafe was quiet, and the seats were not far away, so Ruby could hear most of their conversation.
The story was astonishing.
“So, to summarize, Seungwon and Dahee were dating, but the person Seungwon actually liked was Oh Hyeju. Seungwon realized this belatedly and tried to break up, but Dahee didn’t accept it and is pretending to continue dating. Is that what you’re saying?”
If this was really true, it wasn’t just a simple matter of young people dating and breaking up.
If Hyeju was involved in the middle? And they were all close friends?
If rumors spread within the company, it didn’t seem like anyone would be spared from the consequences.
“Since we can’t avoid rumors at the company, let’s continue dating until I switch jobs, and then we can naturally break up. Please understand until then.”
After a moment, Dahee’s sound of getting up could be heard. Ruby finally exhaled the breath she had been holding after Seungwon followed her out.
“Phew, wow! It feels like I’ve just discovered a huge secret.”
At that very moment, Philip returned to his seat.
“Why? Do you know them?”
Philip tilted his head and looked outside. Ruby murmured, pressing his forehead firmly.
“Don’t stare. They’re people from our company.”
“But why are you hiding if they’re people from the company?”
“Because it’s not the right time for greetings! Actually, about what happened this Friday….”
Ruby confided in Philip about what had happened on Friday.
“To make it easy to understand, let’s call them A and B. A and B were secretly dating in our company. But on Friday, a picture of them together fell on the office floor. Rumors started flying around as soon as their secret relationship was exposed, speculating that A and B had a fight.”
“And then?”
“Just now, A and B came here! But do you know what’s surprising? They broke up because of C? It turns out A, B, and C are close friends in the company! Wow, what do we do with this? It suddenly feels like an office romance turned into a drama.”
Excited, Ruby stomped her foot.
“If it’s a love triangle, what should I do? Whose side should I take?”
“Why should you take sides? It’s not your business to meddle in other people’s love lives.”
“But this is a bit different to call it someone else’s love life. I’m close with C. They’re definitely not the type to do that.”
Philip let out a sneeze.
“A wellbehaved cat climbs onto the stove first. Don’t get too close to that kind of woman.”
“Why are you making assumptions and calling her a seductress when you haven’t even seen her once?”
“I heard some rumors. They say she played tricks. If a woman doesn’t give a man a chance, he won’t make a move. Oh, talking about it, I’m killing the rhyme.”
Philip felt proud as he threw the words “woman,” “tricks,” and “chance” into the conversation. This could make for some great rap lyrics.
“Is that so?”
Ruby scratched her head.
Deep down, she never thought it could be true, but she couldn’t just ignore what she had heard with her own ears. Moreover, with Philip being so confident, her ears twitched even more.
“She’s really not that kind of person… It’s strange.”
Ruby really liked Hyeju. They became close after meeting as buddies in the mentorship program when she first joined the company. When Ruby had a sudden case of gastroenteritis and had to take sick leave, Hyeju was the first person she contacted.
And now, Hyeju was being called a seductress! It was a shock for Ruby.
Seeing Ruby becoming serious, Philip gave his advice matteroffactly.
“If it bothers you that much, why don’t you confirm it? You can roughly tell from the atmosphere.”
“What if she really is a seductress?”
“You shouldn’t have anything to do with such a bad X either. You shouldn’t let dirty water touch yourself.”
Ruby wrapped her head and groaned.
Whether she liked it or not, Philip was busy jotting down the lyrics that had just come to his mind in his notebook.
He had no idea what trouble his casual advice could cause.
Monday morning.
Juwon called Seungwon to his office.
“I have an external meeting, so I need to go out. Is there anything urgent?”
Seungwon, dressed in a suit, avoided eye contact as if feeling embarrassed. It seemed that leaving the company abruptly last Friday due to personal matters bothered him.
“Are you back in the right mental state?”
“About halfway.”
“It seems like you’re ready to work. That’s enough.”
In fact, Juwon had many questions to ask. Where was Seungwon all weekend? What happened between him and Dahee? What could Juwon do to help?
However, asking a sevenyearold kid about their love life was a bit awkward, even if they were a grownup little brother. Juwon carefully examined Seungwon’s young and innocent face, then patted his shoulder with a firm touch.
“Your complexion doesn’t look great. If the meeting takes too long, just leave from there.”
Seungwon quickly understood Juwon’s consideration that if he felt uncomfortable returning to the company, he could leave immediately. Carrying his bag on his shoulder, Seungwon turned around and gave a faint smile.
“Thank you, hyung.”
Contrary to their concerns, the atmosphere in the office was calm.
Seungwon had left for an external meeting, and Dahee was also away on a business trip, so naturally, the rumors about the two subsided. Of course, there were still some whispering behind their backs, but everyone was busy with their own work, and there was no time for gossip.
Juwon felt relieved when he confirmed Seungwon’s safe return. He immediately focused on his work and started handling the piledup tasks at a rapid pace.
As Data’s Korea was a small company with about a hundred employees, the CEO had a lot of practical tasks to take care of. In large corporations, people in high positions often only handle approvals, as reports go through multiple levels of reporting lines. However, at Data’s Korea, many reports came directly from each department, so Juwon had a lot to pay attention to.
Juwon swiftly skimmed through the reports submitted by each team.
Among them was one submitted by Hyeju.
[Hyeju]Her name, consisting of three letters, made his heart feel soft. The stiffness in his brow eased, and his lips naturally curved upwards, resembling the unfolding of a leaf basking in warm sunlight.
“Nice to see you, Hyeju.”
With his chin resting on his hand, Juwon began reading Hyeju’s report.
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Top Celebrity Younger Brother Bears Her Child (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: Forced to live stream romance with a top celebrity in a female-dominant world.
Yan Jin transmigrated into a brothel, with a fellow transmigrated junior beside her.
Hearing the obscene words coming from outside, the unfortunate junior covered his ears tightly, his cheeks flushed red, and whispered to comfort her, “Don’t worry, I will definitely help you escape.”
“Don’t worry, I will definitely defend your chastity.” Yan Jin looked at the flawless and delicate features of the unfortunate junior and gently comforted, “Because we have transmigrated into a female-dominant world.”
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Top celebrity Yu Shu suddenly fell into a coma during a concert.
Research scientist Yan Jin fainted in the lab after working overtime.
Two people with no connection were rushed to the same hospital.
Three days later, neither of them had woken up.
Suddenly, the entire nation discovered that a live streaming app had been forcibly installed on their phones.
Upon opening it, they heard the two discussing how to escape from the brothel.
The entire internet was in an uproar.
After the two successfully escaped from the brothel, Yu Shu’s fan group rushed to make a banner and sent it to the hospital overnight.
“Big sister bravely took action to defend the chastity of our idol!”
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When Yu Shu was diagnosed with pregnancy, Yan Jin stared at his belly for a long time.
Covering his stomach, he muttered gloomily, “If you don’t like it, I’ll go get an abortion.”
“It’s not that I don’t like it.” Yan Jin hugged Yu Shu and said softly, “I just feel like I’m not human.”
Yu Shu comforted Yan Jin, “I was already an adult when we got together.”
Yan Jin hesitated, “But you won’t be of legal marriageable age even after giving birth to the child.”
At the same time, a flood of bullet comments appeared in the live streaming room that the two couldn’t see.
[Although it’s inappropriate, I also want a young and handsome boyfriend to have my child.]
①Male pregnancy (highlighted)
The female lead is five years older than the male lead, and the male lead is already an adult when he appears.
