“This is really bad. I think I’m late for my appointment. I had a great time today, but I have to go. I’m in a hurry. See you next time.”
With her eyes wide in panic, Se-hee hurried off.
“Se, Se-hee!”
Sung-jae stood still, watching her rapidly disappearing figure.
He had thought he could catch up to her by reaching out his hand, but it seemed like a delusion.
Was he unable to overcome the barrier of Kyle?
With a heavy sigh, Sung-jae clenched his fists.
Arriving hurriedly at Francois, Se-hee paced back and forth in front of the restaurant.
She was inappropriately dressed.
Once things start going wrong, they really don’t stop.
She hadn’t expected to be late, assuming she’d have enough time to change.
Sighing, Se-hee stood uneasily in front of the restaurant.
The head manager, spotting Se-hee looking distressed, quickly approached her.
“He is waiting for you.”
“Yes, but my outfit…”
“There’s no dress code for customers using the private room.”
After explaining kindly, the head manager led Se-hee inside.
“Ah, thank you.”
Relieved, Se-hee quickly followed the head manager.
At the door of the room where Kyle was waiting, his secretary, whom she had seen before, was standing.
As their eyes met, he bowed slightly and then stepped aside.
Se-hee greeted him and entered the room.
It felt like walking into a freezer.
The slight sweat from her hurried run chilled instantly under the cold atmosphere.
“Ah, hello. I’m really late. I’m sorry.”
Facing the chilly aura exuding from Kyle, Se-hee still bravely apologized.
Sitting uncomfortably opposite Kyle, she glanced at him cautiously.
“I really didn’t realize how late it was. I sincerely apologize, Mr. Graham.”
She bowed her head politely.
As she raised her head, Se-hee’s eyes met Kyle’s, who was looking down at her with an extremely displeased expression.
His deep eyes emitted a frosty blue glare.
“So, the performance was entertaining enough to make you forget our appointment?”
Kyle’s voice was chillingly calm, almost reminiscent of Hades, the god of the underworld.
“…I have no excuse. I’m truly sorry.”
Se-hee sincerely apologized again, bowing her head.
This was no ordinary appointment but one she had received as a penalty.
And it was the first day of that very appointment.
“Or is it because of the person you were watching with?”
His voice was even colder than before.
Kyle’s emotions had surged like a storm when Dave informed him that Se-hee was watching both parts of the performance with that bold young man who had challenged him at the pool.
He had thought he was controlling his emotions well, but the urge to stand up and go to the theater was overwhelming.
Yet, Kyle managed to suppress his tumultuous feelings with icy rationality and waited patiently.
He was certain she would come.
She had to come, he thought.
But the wait felt like an eternity.
And although late, Se-hee had kept her appointment with Kyle.
The moment Se-hee stepped into the private room, the turbulent emotions that had been raging inside him melted away.
However, he couldn’t just let go of the fact that she had been with that guy.
“Are you talking about Sung-jae? How did you know? We didn’t go together, I just ran into him there by chance. Wait, I didn’t even tell you I was going to the theater, did I?”
Se-hee looked at Kyle, surprised.
Kyle’s eyebrows twitched.
How should he answer?
Kyle’s mind went blank.
Damn it.
Such an uncharacteristic mistake.
It seemed he couldn’t control himself around Lee Se-hee.
Kyle struggled to maintain his composure.
“Did you just happen to pass by? Just admit it. Or say something like, ‘Don’t be late next time.’ Your personality really is something else, you know?”
Se-hee rolled her eyes as if she was annoyed.
Fortunately, Se-hee’s words provided Kyle with a lifeline, and he cautiously grabbed it, making sure she wouldn’t notice.
“Do I really need to say it? The appointment was already set.”
Thanks to Se-hee, he managed to get past this crisis.
“Why can’t I ever see it? And it’s not like I forgot the appointment. If only it hadn’t been for that chocolate. Sigh.”
Se-hee grumbled.
“Regardless, you were late for the appointment.”
Kyle’s arrogant gaze focused entirely on Se-hee.
“Was the appointment just a trivial matter to you? Or was it because of the person you were with?”
Kyle interrogated her again.
“I’m really sorry for being late. I just happened to run into Sung-jae. If you’re thinking I double-booked or something, that’s a misunderstanding.”
“Ran into him by chance?”
“Yes, I went to the theater alone. I didn’t plan to meet him there, okay?”
“Is that so?”
Kyle raised his eyebrows, looking unconvinced.
“It’s true.”
Wait a minute.
Arguing about this made her realize the focus was wrong.
Why does it matter whom she saw the performance with?
Wasn’t the issue about being late?
Se-hee furrowed her brows.
“Listen.”
Se-hee began her counter-attack, having regained her senses.
“I think the focus has wrongly shifted from my being late to me watching the performance with Sung-jae.”
With a sharp expression, Se-hee glared at Kyle.
“I’ll apologize for being late, but why should I be interrogated for watching the performance with Sung-jae?”
Se-hee challenged Kyle, demanding an explanation for his questioning.
“Answer me. Is there a reason I shouldn’t watch a show with Sung-jae?”
Se-hee pressed for a clear reason once again.
Kyle, clearly caught off guard by her attack, was flustered.
How had the conversation shifted this way?
Truthfully, he had no real justification.
As Se-hee said, there was officially no reason why she couldn’t.
“Are we dating? Are we a couple? No, we’re not. So why! Why is Kyle scolding me as if I were a partner who went out with another man?”
Se-hee interrogated like a prosecutor in court.
Suddenly finding himself like a defendant, Kyle had no choice but to remain silent.
“Thinking about it now, I was wrong, wasn’t I?”
Se-hee demanded an acknowledgment of his mistake.
But Kyle only looked at her uncomfortably, not answering.
“In my opinion… about our relationship.”
Se-hee’s gaze wandered thoughtfully to the sky and then back to Kyle.
Kyle was completely focused on Se-hee, waiting for her words.
What would she say about their relationship?
He was so tense he couldn’t help but feel nervous.
“Our relationship is nothing. We’re just tied together because of a penalty, right?”
Se-hee looked at him with wide eyes for confirmation.
Kyle’s brow furrowed deeply at her words.
Her statement felt like a sharp stab in his heart.
What had he been expecting?
“We’re nothing?”
Kyle’s voice was quiet and dry.
“Yes.”
Se-hee’s voice grew softer, sensing the change in the atmosphere.
Was he upset?
Why? She had only spoken the truth.
Se-hee cautiously observed Kyle’s expression.
“So? Is that so?”
Kyle’s face turned cold.
His icy gaze fixed on Se-hee.
“Shall we try to define it properly?”
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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