The pattern filled with that kindness disappeared without a trace the next day when Seo Ha came to work.
“Where did it go?”
It wasn’t misplaced. Someone didn’t take it by mistake either.
From a distance, Lee Ji Soo glanced at Seo Ha, with a mischievous smile on her lips.
In truth, whether the pattern existed or not didn’t matter at all. However, it was an item that Jung Se Hee had purposely found for Seo Ha. The fact that Lee Ji Soo had erased that kindness out of personal grudge was what mattered.
Lee Ji Soo got up from her seat with a very pleased expression on her face. Judging by the pouch in her hand, she seemed to be heading to the restroom. Seo Ha waited for a moment and naturally followed her into the restroom.
One, two, three, four, five.
Out of the six restroom stalls, five were empty. Seo Ha quietly locked the entrance door and turned on both faucets. The sound of water pouring drowned out the noise from outside.
Click.
Lee Ji Soo, who came out of the stall, leaned against the sink and smirked when she saw Seo Ha, looking slightly surprised.
“What are you looking at, Jo Seo Ha?”
“You, perhaps?”
Seo Ha unfolded her arms and took a step towards Lee Ji Soo.
“What do you want?”
“The pattern on the desk. You stole it.”
“Why? Do you want to know where it is? You should have taken better care of it.”
“Are you trying to prevent me from completing a sample for the evaluation meeting by hindering me like this?”
“What’s so obvious to ask? You want me to just watch a nobody with no skills messing up the design room?”
Ji Soo laughed out loud. Seeing her laughing so happily made Seo Ha desperately want to hit her.
So she did.
With all her strength, using her palm, she struck the back of Ji Soo’s head, smack.
“…?”
As Ji Soo rubbed the back of her head, wondering if she had been hit, her eyes turned furious in an instant.
“Hey, Jo Seo Ha!”
As Ji Soo tried to swing back with all her might, Seo Ha caught her hand in midair.
“Let go! Don’t! Hey!”
“Our Ji Soo, you’re really a piece of work.”
“Do you think you’ll get away with this? I’m going to report you to the police right now. You’re finished!”
“Go ahead, try it. I’m sure they’ll believe that a rookie designer slapped her team leader in the restroom, right?”
Seo Ha grabbed Ji Soo’s other wrist, which was aimed at her cheek, and warned her in a low voice.
“I won’t stand for it. Lee Ji Soo, if you keep causing trouble, I’ll have no choice but to cause more trouble in return. If you’re curious about how much trouble I can cause, go ahead and try me. With no skills to speak of, you only learn to act like a spoiled brat. I might just pack you up in a postal box and send you to Eun Young teacher by express courier.”
Seo Ha let go of the wrist she had been holding and flung it aside as she opened the restroom door. Ji Soo wanted to chase after her and grab her hair, but the hallway outside was already crowded with people.
“You, crazy, bitch…”
She was the craziest woman she had ever seen. Anger boiled beneath her chest, making her feel like she would explode.
What was even more frustrating was that this unbelievable crazy woman received sympathy from everyone while acting normal and pitiful.
“Good work, everyone.”
“I’ll head out first!”
Designers began to leave one by one after nine o’clock.
Before long, only Seo Ha and Ji Soo were left in the office. Ji Soo put down the sample she was working on and stood up.
I’ll expose your true nature. I’ll show my brother just how poisonous and wicked you are.
She didn’t forget to check if the recording function was working properly.
“Seo Ha, aren’t you tired?”
Jo Seo Ha stopped pinning a dress on a mannequin and turned her head.
“I’m fine. Thank you for your concern, team leader.”
She acted innocent until she made the first move.
“Thank you, but you’re the one suffering because of me.”
Ji Soo silently smiled with her eyes and approached Seo Ha. Then, she suddenly raised her hand and swung it hard towards Seo Ha’s face.
Slap!
“Uh…?”
Ji Soo blinked, still holding her stinging hand.
She didn’t mean to actually hit her. Of course, she expected Seo Ha to grab her wrist and tell her to stop causing trouble or whatever.
Jo Seo Ha, with a red handprint on one cheek, twisted the corner of her mouth into a smirk towards Ji Soo.
At that moment, Ji Soo thought again.
This crazy woman…
“Why… why are you doing this to me, team leader?”
Over the trembling, fragile voice of Jo Seo Ha, the sound of footsteps approached.
“What are you doing, Lee Ji Soo?”
It was Ryu Kyung Joon’s voice, of all people. No, it might be better that it was Kyung Joon. If it had been her brother, she would have to twist the situation again.
With a whateverhappenshappens mindset, Ji Soo turned to face him, only to freeze.
Kyung Joon’s gaze was different than usual. It was always cold, and he usually ignored Ji Soo, but his eyes had never been this frigid.
“I, I didn’t mean to hit her.”
She tried to sound confident, but her voice kept faltering. Like a mouse in front of a cat, or a fish swimming before a shark. Ji Soo desperately urged Jo Seo Ha, who was hanging her head with her slapped cheek covered.
“Jo Seo Ha, tell him! I didn’t mean to hit you!”
“I just saw Ji Soo hitting Jo Seo Ha.”
The moment he said, “Ji Soo hitting Jo Seo Ha,” a chilling ripple flickered in Kyung Joon’s eyes.
“Either admit it here or I’ll call the police.”
“Po, police? Why?”
“Because it’s assault. I won’t just cover up and move on from an assault that happened within the company.”
It was so unfair that she felt like crying. She was the one who got hit first. She was the one who was hit first in the bathroom, when that crazy woman locked the door and struck her from behind!
“Jo Seo Ha hit me first. Today, during the day, in the bathroom!”
“Jo Seo Ha, did you assault Ji Soo?”
Jo Seo Ha vigorously shook her head. Her expression said she was too scared to even answer.
“What is this? We’re not even middle school bullies.”
Kyung Joon let out a very quiet, sarcastic laugh.
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Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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