I was the one who had constantly lied, tirelessly despite always being caught.
“Did I really… really do that?”
“Yes.”
The answer was very firm.
“Why?”
“Why? What do you mean by why?”
His grip on my face tightened. I managed to pull my face from his grasp.
“Well, fine. Let’s say I pestered you to do it. Then you should have refused.”
For the first time in a long while, a sensible word came out of my mouth.
Let’s say I was drunk and didn’t recognize him and begged him to spend the night. Then he, who was perfectly sober, should have refused.
Of course, everything was based on the assumption that I really threw myself at him.
“Do you. Really not remember?”
Frustrated with Ji Seo Joon who kept saying those irritating words, I yelled back.
“I said I don’t remember!”
“Ha.”
Ji Seo Joon pressed his temples with his index and middle fingers as if he had a headache.
“Listen carefully. I’ll explain this to you in a nice way just once.”
I swallowed nervously for no reason.
“Do you not remember throwing up on my clothes while you were drunk?”
I shook my head from side to side.
“I guess you don’t remember telling me to get away because my clothes smelled of vomit?”
Ah. I did that. That’s why he was without clothes….
“I suppose you don’t remember, after somehow managing to get you to a hotel, you were … and you told me to … and you …”
“Thathat’s a lie.”
“If you don’t remember, how can you tell whether what I’m saying is a lie or not?”
“Well….”
The fact that I couldn’t remember was so infuriating and pitiful. I couldn’t accept what he was saying.
“When you were drinking, have you been doing this to other men?”
“No!”
“Really?”
“It’s true…. Waking up in a strange place… and sleeping with someone who isn’t my boyfriend… this is the first time!”
Just as my tears were about to trickle out, Ji Seo Joon’s clothes arrived at the hotel room.
Ji Seo Joon, who had opened the door and received the clothes, spoke to me.
“First, take a shower and put on some clothes.”
After showering and peeking out through the slightly opened bathroom door, I saw my neatly folded clothes and underwear. Seeing that, my ears turned red again.
When I went back into the bathroom with my clothes, changed, and came out, Ji Seo Joon was sitting in a chair, not looking much different from when he first left his home.
“Let’s go home for now. You have to go to work tomorrow.”
“……Yeah.”
Ji Seo Joon walked ahead. I followed, maintaining a distance of about three steps behind him.
We quickly hailed a taxi in the hotel lobby.
[11:53]
That’s what the clock in the dimly lit taxi read.
On the way home, neither Ji Seo Joon nor I said a word. With a faint frown on his face, Ji Seo Joon just stared out the car window, his arms crossed.
As time slowly passed, the taxi stopped midway between our houses. As I got out of the car and was about to head straight home, he stopped me.
“Are you okay?”
“Eh?”
“You seem worn out.”
I blocked his mouth with both hands. Then, like a meerkat, I looked around to see if anyone was nearby.
“Be quiet.”
Ji Seo Joon, who didn’t find my fear of being overheard by someone pitiful, moved my hand away.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m a bit sore… No! I’m fine!”
I finished speaking and quickly went up to our house.
Beep beep beep beep beep.
I could press the very familiar passcode even with my eyes closed. As I entered the house, Mrs. Kim In Young, with cucumber slices all over her face, greeted me.
“You’re coming in late? Have you been with Ji Seo Joon all this time?”
“No!”
“Oh my goodness!”
At my loud voice, Mrs. Kim was startled and dropped a few cucumber slices from her face.
“Don’t shout like that!”
Did my mother know her voice was louder now? But I didn’t have the energy to argue with her.
“I’m sorry, Mom. I’m too tired. I’ll go to bed now.”
A few curses struck the back of my head, but none of them hurt right now.
I collapsed onto the bed. As the familiar scent entered my nostrils, I regained some composure.
“I’m crazy. I am. I really am crazy.”
After repeating “I’m crazy” over a hundred times, I finally fell asleep.
“I’m screwed.”
I had woken up late and missed the alarm, confirming that I would be late.
In response to my tantrum about not being woken up, my mother fired up the stove, allowing me to get ready a bit faster.
Even though I got ready a bit faster, I couldn’t avoid being late. I rushed out to catch a cab when I noticed a familiar figure.
“Moon Da Yul.”
“Hey. Let’s talk later. I’m late.”
I didn’t even hear Ji Seo Joon’s call.
“Sir, please start driving quickly.”
“Yes. Off we go.”
Ji Seo Joon was getting smaller and smaller in the distance.
Today was a disaster. It was terrible enough that it was Monday, but the chastisement from my team leader for being late was severe.
“Moon Da Yul, assistant manager. Don’t you feel ashamed in front of your junior? You’re an hour late. Are you in your right mind?”
‘My mind? I’m out of it.’
I had to hold back from saying that.
How could I be in my right mind? I had slept with a friend of 30 years. How could I be sane, Team Leader?
I bowed my head, apologized several times, and finally returned to my desk.
“Assistant Manager Moon. Are you okay?”
“Yes. I’m fine.”
My direct junior, employee Baek In Ha, asked with a worried look.
“Assistant Manager Moon, this…”
The thing she quietly placed on my desk was my favorite candy, the green grape flavored candy.
“Ms. In Ha…”
As I looked at her with a touched expression, she returned to her seat with an embarrassed look.
I began to immerse myself in work, sucking on the green grape flavored candy. It would not be long before the period of frequent business trips arrived. Things that needed to be prepared in accordance with this were starting to pile up bit by bit.
Because of being late, I had not been able to handle a few tasks, and before I knew it, lunch time had arrived.
Having not eaten breakfast and with a growling stomach, I was heading to the company cafeteria with Ms. Baek In Ha when I stopped in my tracks after seeing a text message.
[I’m going near your company. Let’s meet at lunch time.]
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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