“That, well, you see. Actually, um…”
As Ina hesitated and paused, Senna narrowed his eyes and asked.
“Could it be that the person who owns that sculpture… is Manager Seo?”
Asking with a pointed question, Ina bit her lip hesitantly.
Then, she nodded silently.
The table fell into a momentary silence.
And soon, the eyes of the three people widened.
“What? Is it true that Manager Seo is the owner of that sculpture?”
The word ‘owner’ somehow made Ina feel embarrassed.
Somewhere, Joo-won would appear and say, ‘Look here, owner, hello,’ speaking in a charming manner.
“Yeah. Um, that… it somehow ended up that way. Haha.”
Ina answered shyly, touching her cheek with an embarrassed expression.
In the embarrassing atmosphere, Ina thanked them with a shy smile.
The three people stared at Ina in astonishment at the surprising fact.
However, Manager Lee, who already had a sense of this sad fact, smiled bitterly.
“Wow… amazing! Manager Seo, you’re a total catch!”
Feeling awkward as a ‘catch,’ Ina wanted to hide in a mouse hole or somewhere.
“Oh no, not a catch.”
“A total catch! Making the sculpture person your lover! That’s because women should look at handsome ones! Manager, congratulations!”
As Senna congratulated enthusiastically, Eunjeong also applauded, saying, “Congratulations, Manager Seo!”
“Wow, Manager Seo. Congratulations for real!”
“Yeah. Manager Seo, are you really a catch? Congratulations.”
Amidst the congratulations of the three people, Ina felt so embarrassed that she wanted to melt into the ground.
“Oh, th-thank you.”
Ina, with a shy face, expressed her gratitude, and Manager Lee reluctantly offered a belated congratulatory message.
“I also congratulate you a lot, Manager Seo.”
“Oh, thank you.”
Manager Lee smiled with a bitter expression, picked up his beer glass, and drank.
Oh, the world dominated by these handsome guys!
And filled with a painful heart, he poured beer down his throat, full of sorrow.
Ignoring Manager Lee’s feelings, Senna and Eunjeong were curious about the romantic story of the two, and Ina was perplexed about what to say to them. At that moment, the store door opened.
Looking at the door absentmindedly while sipping beer, Eunjeong’s mouth opened like a clamshell.
Wow, it’s a sculpture! A real, living sculpture!
“Uh, um! I think he’s here!”
Not very excited, Eunjeong pointed at the door and said.
Everyone’s faces turned towards the door at Eunjeong’s words.
Joo-won, who happened to be looking around the store, made eye contact with the people on this side.
And then, among them, Joo-won, upon seeing Ina, smiled gently and walked towards them.
“Uh, uh, wow…”
With a neat pomade style and wearing a black suit, the handsome sculpture approached them, and the three people’s mouths automatically opened as he got closer.
Only Manager Lee recalled the chilly gaze Joo-won had when they first met and swallowed dry saliva.
As Joo-won, who stopped in front of Ina, scanned her drunken state, he smiled and spoke.
A face covered with prominent double eyelids and flushed with redness…
Seeing Ina, who was looking at herself with a reddish face like a persimmon, I involuntarily smiled, thinking she looked cute.
And at that smile, the mouths of the three people widened.
Joo-won, who had been stared at by people looking at him intently since earlier, turned his gaze towards them.
Except for Manager Lee, who had already seen Joo-won, the three people, looking at Joo-won as if he were a precious piece of art, were mesmerized.
Joo-won greeted the three people with a slight nod.
“Hello. I’m Lee Joo-won.”
Surprised, the three people hastily bowed their heads in greeting.
“Hello. Please, have a seat for a moment.”
As one manager hurriedly spoke, Joo-won sat down next to Ina.
When the sculpture sat right in front of them, Senna, with an unbelieving face, stared at Joo-won intently.
“Um, you’re really handsome.”
As Senna spoke as if enchanted, Eunjeong nodded vigorously, strongly agreeing.
“No, you’re exaggerating.”
Joo-won smiled politely, causing the two women to show ecstatic expressions.
“No, you’re really handsome.”
Even though it sounded like flattery, one manager said, “It can’t be helped,” and continued.
As the continuous praise made Ina more embarrassed, she quickly intervened and said,
“Oh, please stop flattering him. It’s confusing for him.”
“Oh my. Is he your boyfriend now?”
In Senna’s playful voice, Joo-won looked at Ina with a surprised expression.
“Did I say that? That I’m her boyfriend.”
“Yeah? Oh… yeah, that’s how it is.”
Ina, with an embarrassed smile, replied.
“Because earlier we were just joking around. Manager Seo mentioned that among his friends, there’s an extremely handsome person and asked if he had a lover. But, well, Manager Seo had already put a stamp on it, right? Hehe.”
Senna laughed, and at her words, Ina made a diplomatic expression.
“I stamped it first. So no one else can compete.”
A momentary silence fell at Joo-won’s words.
A static silence that meant envy and madness for Senna and Eunjeong.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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