She wished she was a cat. If she bit him and ran away, would he die of septicemia? Oh, he can’t die yet. She needed him to hang on until she found her body.
Seo Ha dropped her gaze in despair as she struggled between her emotions and reason.
“I don’t know why you called me today. I have a backlog of work, so if you could tell me quickly…”
“I know you’re very busy. Should I just get to the point?”
Lee Seung Oh, who had approached as much as Seo Ha had retreated, gently touched her hair with one hand.
“I’ve become interested in Jo Seo Ha.”
I know that.
“But it turns out there’s someone else who’s also interested in Jo Seo Ha.”
…I don’t know that.
As Seo Ha looked at him with a puzzled expression, Lee Seung Oh chuckled.
“You really didn’t know? I’m talking about Secretary Ryu.”
It was clear that something was being seriously misunderstood.
Seo Ha didn’t know whether to correct it or how to correct it if she were to do so, so she just blinked. It’s best to keep your mouth shut when you don’t know what to say.
“I’ve watched Secretary Ryu for a long time. That guy… no, that person is not the type to show that much interest in anyone, especially women. He gets so tense, you’d think he had a grudge against women. Even if a woman passing by just asks for his contact information, he frowns.”
Lee Seung Oh seemed to have a good grasp of Ryu Kyung Joon’s character after observing him for a few years. Seo Ha almost nodded in agreement, but instead, she just said, “I see.”
“But he’s different with Jo Seo Ha.”
Lee Seung Oh twisted the corners of his mouth sinisterly.
“It’s not just a little different. It’s not love, I guess. But, by Secretary Ryu’s standards, it’s… could it be considered love?”
Seo Ha almost distorted her face into a halfrotten pumpkin, having lost her poker face. Lee Seung Oh was disgusting, but what he was saying now was even more disgusting.
Love? That Ryu Kyung Joon? The one who’s so rude that he’d be a contender for the World Rudeness Award trophy, and so impolite that even a Dodo would cry?
“I think there’s been some kind of misunderstanding.”
“I don’t know if it’s a misunderstanding or not. Make a deal with me, Jo Seo Ha.”
Lee Seung Oh laughed as if the mere thought of it was amusing.
“A deal…?”
“Date Secretary Ryu for a while.”
This time it was really dangerous. She almost screamed. Who was she to do what with whom? And why should she do something like that just because he said so?
“Your expression is incredibly flustered. Of course, it would be. You’d want to date me, Jo Seo Ha.”
Seo Ha covered her mouth with one hand. If she didn’t, she felt like she would really let out a scream. Or maybe some profanities.
“President, what on earth…”
Are you out of your mind?
She barely swallowed the rest of her words. She knew Lee Seung Oh wasn’t in his right mind. If the guy who pushed his wife away with a truck after getting a divorce and ending up destitute was sane, that would be even stranger.
“So, it’s a deal. I’m not saying you should really date him.”
Seeing Seo Ha’s expression, Lee Seung Oh laughed again.
“Actually, I have some negotiations with Secretary Ryu. But since he has more cards, I’m at a bit of a disadvantage. So, I’d like it if Jo Seo Ha could get closer to him and steer the negotiations in a more favorable direction.”
The ‘negotiations’ she didn’t have to look at would be the merger and acquisition between Taeyang Group and Kang Yoon. But to approach him and do what exactly?
“I don’t know what you’re expecting from me. I’m just a designer. Making deals with the president and approaching Secretary Ryu, I haven’t even thought of…”
“That’s why I like you, Jo Seo Ha. You know your place. You’re so humble.”
Why hadn’t she realized that Lee Seung Oh’s main talent was talking nonsense her whole life? It would have been nice if her late father had appeared in her dreams and handed her a tissue.
“Don’t worry. I’ll tell you everything you need to do. And if it’s a deal, Jo Seo Ha should also get something, right?”
Now she was looking forward to what kind of nonsense he would say next. Would it be starshaped or heartshaped?
“I don’t want anything…”
“Team Leader Lee Ji Soo asked me for a favor. She said if Jo Seo Ha’s designs don’t get selected at the evaluation meeting, to fire her.”
She knew it would come to this. That wretched x.
“Fire me? Why?”
Seo Ha stared at Lee Seung Oh with wide, tearful eyes.
“I don’t know. The important thing is, there hasn’t been a single person who survived for more than six months after being targeted like that by Team Leader Lee.”
The thought of her fellow designers, who had spent countless nights together laughing and crying, being driven away like that made her clench her fists involuntarily.
“…I see.”
“But it’s okay. I can protect you, Jo Seo Ha.”
It was a talent to be able to say that he wouldn’t allow workplace harassment and wrongful termination so nonchalantly.
“So that’s the content of the deal? I approach Secretary Ryu, and you make sure I don’t get fired?”
“Do you think that’s all? Did you just brush off the fact that I said I’m interested in you?”
He was right.
“I still don’t understand your intentions, President.”
“Your innocence is my style too.”
Lee Seung Oh stroked Seo Ha’s hair once again. From the top of her head to her shoulders, slowly.
“Approach Secretary Ryu. In return, I’ll really date you, Jo Seo Ha.”
Seo Ha clamped her mouth shut again. If she hadn’t, it felt like a waterfall of profanities would have gushed out.
Yes, she had planned to lure Lee Seung Oh and give a big middle finger to Lee Ji Soo. She intended to slowly infiltrate their relationship, tear it apart from the bottom, and eventually bring it crumbling down.
In the meantime, she would regain Yoon Seo Ha’s body and her mother’s sanity and put everything back in its place.
“President, you and Team Leader Lee Ji Soo…”
“What does it matter? We’re not married.”
Lee Seung Oh laughed dismissively as if it was no big deal. He didn’t seem to consider the fact that he was already in a marital relationship with Yoon Seo Ha, not even as much as a single speck of glitter that had fallen from a hairpin.
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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.
