“And CEO Choi’s arms are longer than I thought, so we should pay attention to the shirt sleeves. If this design doesn’t fit, I’ll recommend this one.”
Seoyeon recommended several designs to Minhyuk as if she were a store employee.
“I can’t stand butting in when I see clothes. Just think of it as my nosiness and don’t feel burdened.”
Seoyeon made an embarrassed expression, calling it an incurable disease.
“The design recommended by CEO Han is also good.”
Minhyuk felt as if he were on a real date while shopping with Seoyeon.
“Customer, would you like to try it on?”
“Please try it on. I’ll help you see.”
At Seoyeon’s words, Minhyuk entered the fitting room.
Then he came out with a white shirt and two unbuttoned buttons.
Seoyeon stood next to Minhyuk, checking his shoulder line and sleeve ends as he looked in the mirror.
“I think it looks okay from my perspective. What do you think?”
“It’s not bad.”
“Wait a moment. Can you button up a few more buttons? I’ll check if the neckline is right.”
As Minhyuk buttoned up all the buttons, Seoyeon came closer.
“If it’s uncomfortable, let me know.”
Seoyeon put her index finger into Minhyuk’s shirt collar as if checking a fashion show costume.
Then, as if checking the fit, she gently pulled.
For a moment, Minhyuk’s Adam’s apple swayed greatly.
“Feeling tight?”
“No, it’s okay.”
Minhyuk hastily answered, holding his breath for a moment.
“Shall I lift the shirt collar?”
Seoyeon, as if checking a fashion show outfit, carefully looked at Minhyuk and then moved on.
From a hanger with ties of various colors, she took out a simple design in a dark brown color.
“It seems like it will go well with the suit you’re wearing now.”
Seoyeon murmured as she put the tie over Minhyuk’s collar.
Then the clerk approached and personally tied Minhyuk’s tie.
“How is it?”
When the triangular shape seemed slightly crooked, Seoyeon straightened it and asked.
“It’s good.”
“Then go with it like this. It suits you well.”
Minhyuk felt momentarily sorry.
“I’ll handle the payment.”
“If CEO Choi says that, I feel uncomfortable. The shirt is the result of my actions, and the tie is a gift for taking away valuable time.”
Seoyeon put Minhyuk’s clothes, which were taken off in the fitting room, into shopping bags and took out her black card.
“It’s a one-time payment.”
Minhyuk was captured by a strange feeling.
What should I say? It’s like a different experience.
Suddenly becoming like Cinderella, choosing clothes that suit the girl he likes, and even paying with a black card—it felt strange yet wonderful to receive this treatment, even though he had given gifts to others many times before.
“It’s a bit awkward to receive something like this for no reason.”
“No need to feel burdened.”
Seoyeon waved her hand as if it were nothing, pointing to the ceiling.
“I need to go into the company. Can we have a simple lunch at the department store’s restaurant?”
“Of course.”
Minhyuk followed Seoyeon to the department store restaurant for the first time in his life.
The two exchanged stories, transferring escalators several times.
Of course, Minhyuk initiated the conversation.
“Is the preparation for tomorrow’s event all done?”
But somehow, the scale of the conversation was growing.
Seoyeon, who is always sincere about work, shared ideas on how to use the event as an opportunity to grow YeoniBlack with CEO Choi, and the atmosphere became somewhat serious.
“What do you think of my plan for YeoniBlack when you look at it pragmatically?”
“It seems like a good strategy.”
Seoyeon’s eyes softened at Minhyuk’s evaluation.
“Right? Well, even if CEO Choi laughs at our company as a hole-in-the-wall, there’s nothing I can do.”
Seoyeon’s eyes sparkled with energy.
“My wish is for YeoniBlack to achieve 100 billion won in total sales thanks to this. Somehow, it feels good.”
Minhyuk responded seriously to Seoyeon’s passionate words.
“I’ll support you in achieving that goal.”
Seoyeon felt a bit embarrassed, wondering if she was too forward in front of Minhyuk, who is a conglomerate, but she quickly smiled shyly when Minhyuk also smiled.
As the two exchanged different smiles, there was someone watching them, raising one corner of their mouth.
“Who is that? Oh well. Do you know the person?”
Even when her friend asked, she didn’t answer.
She followed Seoyeon from a distance, secretly taking pictures and shooting videos of the two.
Deliberately capturing angles that could be easily misunderstood.
After taking pictures for a while, she checked her gallery and smiled coldly.
“Hey, look at this.”
“Ah, frustrating. Hey, Jinbo.”
Bo-ra was so absorbed in choosing well-taken photos that she didn’t pay attention to why she was acting strangely.
“What’s going on with that person?”
Her friend, who followed her out of curiosity, asked when Bo-ra complained about feeling frustrated.
Before even finishing a round of luxury stores, Bo-ra started acting strangely, making her wonder why.
“Now that I see it, that was Yang Dari.”
Bo-ra mumbled as if she had found good evidence.
“Yang Dari? Who? Hey, tell me more clearly.”
“Who else? It’s our Yul.”
“Yul? That person is your friend’s girlfriend?”
Surprised, Bo-ra’s friend checked Seoyeon’s face once again.
“Oh… Yul is good enough to date. She’s prettier than most celebrities.”
“What’s so pretty about her? She must have fixed everything.”
Bo-ra retorted irritably.
“Wait and see. I’ll criticize Yul for everything today and make her break up.”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
