Doha, who had finished the conversation, came striding over. Then, naturally, he separated Haeyeon and Soo-rin. Haeyeon felt confused. Doha’s excessive consciousness of Soo-rin from earlier was enough to arouse suspicion.
Hiding her uneasy feelings, Haeyeon put on a gentle smile toward Doha.
“Congratulations, Mr. Doha.”
As if embarrassed by the praise, Doha asked, “Did you eat something?”
“I’m not hungry, so I just wanted to have a drink. You should eat something.”
“Sure.”
Even though it wasn’t intentional, a warm conversation ensued. If Soo-rin, who was watching, could leave the place on her own, it would be better. However, she approached Doha, bringing the conversation with her.
“Chairman Cha. The wine tastes quite good.”
Addressing Doha with the formal title, Soo-rin held a wine bottle in one hand and offered a glass with the other. Since there was no reason to refuse, Doha accepted, and a smile deepened on Soo-rin’s face.
Just as Doha received the glass.
Crash!
Due to Soo-rin’s careless handling, wine spilled excessively from the bottle, drenching Doha’s hands and arms. The crimson wine instantly stained his suit and white shirt.
“Oh my!”
In a hurry, Soo-rin, who had wet the wine bottle, quickly placed it on the side table and grabbed tissues with one hand.
“Just a moment, Mr. Doha. I’ll get a wet towel.”
“It’s okay, Haeyeon.”
While Haeyeon was looking for a venue staff member, she heard Soo-rin’s voice from behind.
“What should we do? Your clothes are completely soaked.”
And what happened next was something no one expected. Before Doha could even dry himself, Soo-rin reached out and lifted the sleeve part of his arm.
“Just a moment!”
Doha, taken aback, shouted, but it was after the sleeve had already reached his wrist. Doha’s face instantly froze.
“I’ll do it, so let go, Soo-rin.”
“This is my mistake.”
“It’s okay.”
Doha, brushing away Soo-rin’s hand as if to say it was cruel, quickly lowered his sleeve, but Haeyeon saw it. A thick scar revealed on Doha’s wrist.
Haeyeon desperately suppressed the urge to show her dismay. Even in this situation, she could feel the gazes of Soo-rin and Doha.
“Are you okay, Mr. Doha? It seems like this needs to be washed with water….”
As Haeyeon worriedly looked at the wine-splattered clothes, Doha, who had been silent, finally spoke.
“That’s necessary. Haeyeon, I’ll go to the restroom, so wait a bit.”
“Do you want me to help?”
“If you want to follow me to the men’s restroom, go ahead.”
With a deliberately reassuring remark, Haeyeon had no choice but to step back. As Doha moved out of sight, Haeyeon turned her body and silently glared at Soo-rin. Soo-rin’s situation of spilling wine seemed too deliberate.
Haeyeon’s speculation was correct. Laughter and ridicule appeared on Soo-rin’s face, which had shown regret just a moment ago.
“Did you hear what I said?”
It was a condensed remark, but Haeyeon immediately understood.
Have you ever checked what’s inside Doha’s clothes?
Soo-rin’s words from the department store restroom. Because of that, she discovered the scar hidden beneath Doha’s clothes.
At first glance, Soo-rin’s words seemed like advice to help Haeyeon, but they were far from well-intentioned.
“Yes, thanks to you, I’ve come to know very well.”
Haeyeon responded kindly without turning her gaze away from Soo-rin. The intention behind Soo-rin’s delayed response, which came after more than a month, was obvious, and it wasn’t a good intention.
Unnoticed, the music had changed from jazz to a piano melody. On that day, when classical music had been playing all along, Haeyeon waited for Soo-rin’s response against the backdrop of a similar atmosphere of music, just like in the department store restroom.
Soo-rin raised the corner of her mouth and smiled slyly.
“While it’s true that you heard what I said, it seems you still don’t know everything yet?”
As expected, it was enough to ruin the mood. Her self-satisfied smile, filled with arrogance, and above all, the clear implication that she knew something that only she knew.
As Soo-rin said, Haeyeon was still in a state of not having found out the whole truth. The decisive reason for losing her memory, and the scattered missing moments.
Looking at Soo-rin’s mocking face, Haeyeon was convinced. Soo-rin knew more about the past events than Haeyeon had expected from Hanyunseo.
“Now isn’t it time for us to meet?”
Haeyeon didn’t respond to Soo-rin’s actions, anticipating the next encounter.
“Haeyeon, what are you talking about?”
The standoff between Haeyeon and Soo-rin was broken. The protagonist of the lively voice was Jua. With her sudden appearance, both Soo-rin and Haeyeon escaped from the seemingly endless stare-down.
Since Dahlia Coffee had set up shop in every branch of the Frite Hotel nationwide, Jua also seemed to have been invited to Partner Day today. It was suspicious that she hadn’t informed Haeyeon about it.
“Oh, it’s nothing.”
“Really?”
With a dubious expression, Jua, as if probing, turned her eyebrows up and down and looked at Soo-rin.
“Is it Director Lee Soo-rin?”
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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