As Line hesitated to reply, Songkang, with a slight jump of his shoulders, tried to speak, but Line covered his mouth with her hand.
Her palm touched his lips directly. Songkang stared at her with only his eyes moving. Line, too, blinked rapidly, possibly because of the awkwardness of the situation.
“Senior, I’ll contact you again. For now, please stay at your place.”
Line quickly ended the call and removed her hand from his lips. She tried to calm herself to sort out the situation, but it wasn’t easy.
“What are you doing now?”
Songkang wanted to ask, but it seemed more appropriate for Line to ask first since she had initiated the contact.
“We are together today. You and I.”
Line replied hesitantly, looking at Songkang. There was a static silence between them. She had never interpreted the meaning of “being together” for this long.
At that moment, Line’s phone vibrated. She held the phone in her hand, so she immediately noticed the incoming text message and glanced at the phone screen.
It was a message from Haein, and she had sent the content as a secure link. Line clicked on the link.
The details of what had happened today were written in great detail, and the more Line read, the more shocked and angry she became. She felt like she knew why Songkang had held onto her. She shifted her gaze towards him.
“Alright, we’ll be together.”
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
Line realized that she was staring at him with an annoyed expression. She quickly changed her expression and redirected the conversation.
“Did you do well today? About today…”
“This is why I meticulously confirm the reports. What did Attorney Cha Haein say?”
Since it was a matter of timing, he had instructed her to share the report without going through the confirmation process with Haein…
Songkang regretted it. He took a step closer to Line and asked to see her phone. Line took a step back.
“Show it to me.”
“I don’t want to.”
“This case, it’s clearly my case, isn’t it?”
Songkang reached out again and grabbed her wrist, and Line took a step back, stumbling over her desk.
As a result, her body fell, and in the process, his body also leaned towards her. Line couldn’t get up, and she couldn’t lie down either, because she was too close to him.
Just a breath away, their vision too close, the two trapped in the closeness.
Line didn’t know how to ask for help in this situation, and she made a groaning sound. Songkang finally pulled her up, moving away from her.
“Why didn’t you just give it to me?”
Line glared at him. It was the moment when her temper was about to flare up.
At that moment, Line felt something uncomfortable and damp on her pants and turned her head. The beer can on the desk had tipped over, soaking her pants.
“Oh… What do I do with this!”
She sighed, looking out the window. The freezing cold outside, the icy wind could be felt even through the window.
When Line tried to remove her pants with her hands, Songkang instinctively grabbed her hand.
Then he hesitated when he realized the awkward position. He reached for a tissue on the desk to wipe Line’s pants but hesitated again as the location seemed inappropriate. Eventually, he handed the tissue to Line.
Wiping with tissue was futile. More than half a can had spilled, and her pants were thoroughly wet.
“I’ll go out and come back. What’s your size?”
“Where are you going? You had a sip of alcohol.”
“Oh…”
I nearly almost drove under the influence.
“There’s no other choice. You said we should be together, so we’ll be here together until it dries.”
Even just looking at Line’s damp pants, Songkang felt humid, but he made the best choice possible given the current situation. He adjusted the temperature of the heater and increased the humidity of the humidifier to prevent Line from catching a cold.
“It would be dry while we have dinner.”
Songkang headed to the pantry. There were no cup ramen containers today. He opened the fridge, but as expected, he didn’t touch anything.
Songkang went back to Line. She was standing because sitting on the wet chair felt uncomfortable, or maybe she was just standing because she was used to it.
“Prosecutor Jin Line, what would you like for dinner?”
Asking if there was something in the fridge that didn’t suit her taste seemed unnecessary, so it seemed better to decide on dinner.
“Anything.”
Again, this question didn’t seem to serve any purpose.
Songkang ordered catering from a nearby place. He ordered steak with grilled asparagus and pizza with black olives. He remembered what Line liked to eat, or at least something she would eat.
Line printed out the report sent by Haein and began to examine it in earnest. Whether she was sitting or standing, her posture didn’t seem to matter. Her pupils moved swiftly, and her hand holding the pencil was busy.
Songkang also checked the report sent by Haein on his phone. He knew that the report had been sent to both him and Line, but he wanted to see it on her phone.
“Indeed, Senior Juhyuk is very generous. He made the right decision.”
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
