Yerin, nervous about Lee Hyun’s impending question, waited anxiously.
“Previously, Secretary Han asked me about my favorite food.”
Yes, that random question she blurted out just to kill time.
“I’m curious too.”
“About my favorite food?”
“Right.”
“Ah…”
Yerin was taken aback.
No boss had ever asked her about her preferences.
That was normal; secretaries cater to their bosses’ tastes, not the other way around.
“Why does it interest you?”
“Fairness.”
Fairness?
“I told Secretary Han about my favorite food. So, wouldn’t it be fair for Secretary Han to do the same?”
His logic was strange yet somehow reasonable.
If she had objected, Lee Hyun would have found a way to persuade her.
“I like spicy foods.”
“For example?”
“Spicy rice cakes, spicy chicken feet.”
“I see.”
As they talked, their ordered menu arrived.
Lee Hyun naturally began slicing the steak in front of him.
“Secretary Han met my parents, but I’ve only met Secretary Han’s father.”
“What?”
All she could do was ask back, “What?” like a fool.
“It seems a bit unfair.”
There he goes again, fairness, unfairness.
Why were they even discussing meeting each other’s parents while working?
It sounded like they were a couple, perhaps even engaged, if anyone overheard.
“Do I really need to meet your parents, Division Head?”
“Just curious.”
“Ah, I see…”
“I didn’t mean to pressure Secretary Han.”
Lee Hyun placed a neatly cut piece of steak on Yerin’s plate.
“Let’s talk while eating.”
“I’ll cut it for you.”
“Secretary Han, you seem to be under a misconception.”
Lee Hyun, continuing to cut, offered another piece of steak.
“We’re off work.”
“Yes.”
“I’m not here as a boss to a secretary.”
“Then…”
“I came as a man trying to convince Secretary Han to be his girlfriend.”
“Division Head, if someone hears you saying ‘girlfriend,’ they might misunderstand…”
“Who?”
Lee Hyun glanced around the empty restaurant.
“There’s nobody to hear and misunderstand?”
“Sadly, that’s true.”
“Just accept it when I offer.”
“It’s not at all comfortable for me.”
“Ah.”
Lee Hyun, realizing she might be uncomfortable, put down his knife and fork.
“What should I do then?”
“Do what?”
“That seems to be the biggest issue. Secretary Han always feels uncomfortable around me.”
“I like it this way.”
“Even though it’s uncomfortable?”
“Yes, it’s comfortable in its own way.”
Yerin couldn’t quite explain her feelings but felt content with the current situation.
“Do you dislike getting closer to me?”
That was true, but saying it outright seemed harsh.
So, Yerin started to make excuses.
“I heard somewhere that…”
“Go on, Secretary Han.”
“It’s said that in a relationship between a man and a woman, it’s better to be…”
She stopped mid-sentence, unsure why she was saying this.
Lee Hyun, curious, urged her on.
“Why stop, Secretary Han?”
“It’s said that being uncomfortable is better…”
Lee Hyun pondered for a moment, then nodded as if he found Yerin’s words reasonable.
“That’s true. Uncomfortable might be better than comfortable.”
He smiled broadly, pulling up the corners of his mouth.
“Alright then. Let’s get back to our earlier conversation.”
“What were we talking about?”
Yerin was overwhelmed, unable to keep up with Lee Hyun’s eloquent discourse and rapid topic changes.
“What is Secretary Han’s mother like?”
“I’d like to meet her, but… I can’t.”
Lee Hyun’s eyes briefly showed confusion at her words.
“If I’ve made a mistake by asking…”
“No, it’s not that!”
Yerin quickly corrected the misunderstanding that her mother might have passed away.
“My mother is seriously ill.”
“I see.”
“Yes, she’s in the hospital.”
She meant her mother couldn’t just freely move about, making it hard to meet her.
Lee Hyun quietly listened to Yerin.
She had rarely shared family matters with anyone besides Nari and Soyun, and now Lee Hyun was the first.
“Our home was a happy, ordinary one. Before my father’s business failed.”
“I see.”
“When my father’s business started to fail, my mother became very stressed. That’s when she began to fall ill and has been receiving treatment since.”
Thinking about her mother, Chansook, Yerin felt a sudden urge to see her.
But she couldn’t just see her whenever she wanted. Pyunghoon had never told Yerin which hospital her mother was in.
He only allowed a phone call once a month, sending hospital bills.
Overwhelmed by these thoughts, tears welled up in Yerin’s eyes.
“I’m sorry.”
She hastily wiped her eyes with a napkin, but tears were already streaming down her face.
“Why am I like this?”
It was already the second time she had suddenly cried in front of Lee Hyun.
Was it because she had voiced her innermost thoughts?
Or was it because she had someone to listen to her story?
It seemed like her tightly locked heart had unknowingly opened.
Lee Hyun, looking somewhat awkward, stood up and approached Yerin.
“Looks like I’ve made Secretary Han cry again.”
Then, unexpectedly, Lee Hyun enveloped her in a hug.
Yerin’s nose filled with his pleasant scent.
“Division Head?”
Startled, Yerin fidgeted in his embrace.
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
