We had worked together in the same team with her for almost two years. We spent a lot of time having lunch together, exchanged light jokes, and enjoyed pleasant moments. On days when one of us was feeling down, we would lightly tilt our glasses and comfort each other.
But if she really did that…
“Maybe you don’t want to dig any deeper?”
Ji Seojun, looking at me, asked.
“I don’t know either.”
In response to my words, Ji Seojun lightly tapped my head.
“I know what’s on your mind. The anonymous bulletin board is not essential. What’s crucial is whether Baek In-ha was involved with Manager Kim Hyeong-seok. That’s something I can never forgive.”
I nodded at Ji Seojun’s words.
Faster than I expected, she responded.
“Manager Moon, did Yoon-ah mention me by any chance?”
“Yes? What’s she talking about?”
She suggested dealing with urgent matters and having a quick drink. I gladly accepted Baek In-ha’s suggestion.
As she sipped her coffee, she cautiously asked, “Just wondering. Manager Moon, since I’m the woman who spread the rumors, I thought I should clarify.”
Although she pretended to ask nonchalantly, the underlying anxiety was undeniable.
“In-ha.”
“Yes?”
She looked at me with round eyes.
“How did you become friends with Yoon-ah?”
“Yes?”
For a moment, her eyes wavered.
“I got close to the youngest in the HR team. Somehow… haha.”
Perhaps it was because I asked an unexpected question. I approached her a bit more as Baek In-ha wavered slightly.
“Yoon-ah suggested getting closer since she thought you seemed nice, right?”
“Yes? Yes, that’s right. Haha.”
“So, she suggested going to that army stew place together. Wasn’t it a place Yoon-ah recommended?”
“Yes? Oh! Yes, she suggested going there first. I was so surprised to see Researcher Jung Chan-hyung and Manager Moon there.”
A lie.
Yoon-ah clearly said she suddenly received a call from Baek In-ha.
“That place is delicious. I want to go again.”
My eyes gradually settled. Seeing her quickly leaving the break room with a coffee cup in hand, I solidified my determination. I would truly go rabbit hunting.
A few days later.
It had been cold for a few days, but today, as fine dust arrived, there was a slightly warmer breeze.
“I’d rather it stay cold… What’s this?”
Today, my nose was completely blocked due to severe fine dust. I suffered, and even rhinitis I didn’t have began bothering me.
Wearing a yellow dust mask, I headed to work. On the way to the office, people were looking around with troubled expressions. A noisy sound. Unable to resist my curiosity, my feet naturally moved in that direction.
“Uh, In-ha?”
There was In-ha being held by Manager Kim Hyeong-seok. The hand holding her was turning white, indicating how tightly it was held.
I approached them to help Baek In-ha, but seeing her expression, I stopped abruptly.
Her eyes, widened in surprise, couldn’t get any bigger. In those eyes, there was a mixture of embarrassment, confusion, and astonishment.
“Who’s this? Came at the right time.”
Excited Manager Kim Hyeong-seok noticed me and nodded his head vigorously. Seeing him like that, I unknowingly took a step back.
“Is she in your team?”
“Manager Kim! Let’s go somewhere else to talk. Okay?”
“What? Now you want to talk to me? Why? Are you upset about making someone else’s life like this? Huh? Why. You mess up other people’s lives and don’t want to feel pathetic?”
“Shut your mouth! Quickly, somewhere else…”
She struggled to free her caught hand, forcefully pulling Manager Kim Hyeong-seok. However, this time, Manager Kim deflected In-ha’s hand.
“I’ve had enough of people telling me what to do. Especially when someone who ruined my life tells me what to do, right?”
Baek In-ha’s empty hand was trembling.
“Manager Moon Da-yul, you got hit in the back of your head. Got it?”
“What are you talking about right now…”
“That woman. Do you know what she said to me?”
“Please, stop!”
“Let go of this!”
Baek In-ha rushed to restrain Manager Kim, but the small-sized woman couldn’t control the excited Manager Kim.
“Since when did she start intervening in our HR team’s drinking gatherings and sticking to me, who was slightly drunk? Huh? She said her team’s Moon Da-yul fits quite well with me. Ever thought about trying it out? She said she’d create an opportunity.”
It felt like all the heat was leaving my body. Despite breathing hard through the stifling mask, the discomfort only increased, so I eventually impatiently pulled down the mask.
“While doing that, she leaked every bit of information about Moon Da-yul to me. Even those disgusting rumors.”
I barely moved my immobile body to look at her lying on the floor. When our eyes met, she fiercely nodded.
“Oh, no. This crazy person is just talking nonsense…”
“Crazy person? I’ve gathered evidence just in case you want to file a complaint.”
Confidently, she rummaged through her suit pocket, then handed me her phone. In the trembling hand that received the phone, there were messages exchanged between Manager Kim and Baek In-ha.
[Delivered the winter company supplies sizes to Manager Moon Da-yul. Do well.] [Our manager, secretly likes a man with some charisma.] [There’s nothing going on between me and Researcher Ji Seo-jun. We’re just friends.] [Manager Moon Da-yul prefers someone with a subtle sense of humor like Manager Hyeong-seok, rather than looks.] [Manager Moon Da-yul, no mentor or mentee. If she suggests going together as an excuse to fill in the HR team, don’t go? You could have a good time there.]I tried to read more, but Manager Kim Hyeong-seok swiftly grabbed his phone from my hand.
“See? Did I do something wrong to Manager Moon Da-yul for no reason? Huh? Because that woman said she’s interested in me, said she did the same to her, now this happens, and she instigates other female employees to report me? What if I didn’t know until the end? Huh?”
Feeling unjust, Manager Kim Hyeong-seok shouted loudly.
“Did I make others report what happened when I wasn’t there? You did what you did.”
“What? You still don’t know what you did wrong? I almost gathered all the evidence in case you want to know.”
As the loud voice continued, people began to gather, and those who knew us came closer, asking what was happening.
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.
