“As the person in charge, I thought we should go on a site visit together.”
Taehong seemed calm, but Haegin’s mind was in complete disarray, unable to process thoughts normally.
“Let’s stay together.”
The word ‘stay’ echoed in her ears, making her head spin.
Was he nonchalant about what he said? Or is this kind of thing normal for him?
Being inherently pure, principled, and restrained, Haegin felt her face heat up at such a word, especially since it came from Taehong. Who was Taehong? The unpredictable, the one who neither holds onto women coming his way nor stops those leaving.
“Is there something on my face?”
“No, not at all.”
Haegin awkwardly averted her gaze. The fleeting look she caught was utterly clueless, making her wonder if he really didn’t understand. As time passed, she felt compelled to clarify.
“Manager, about what you said earlier.”
Taehong, leaning against the steering wheel, slightly turned his head toward her.
“What did I say earlier?”
Was he playing dumb? His expression and actions seemed genuinely unaware, but it was better to clear things up.
“You know, the thing you said before.”
“About going on the site visit together?”
“No, before that.”
“Before that?”
He looked as if he was playing a guessing game, but Haegin couldn’t bring herself to say it out loud. If she asked if he meant to sleep together, the embarrassment would be entirely hers.
“That thing you said before.”
“The part about me being in charge?”
“No, before that.”
Taehong’s irritation seemed to grow as he let go of the steering wheel and looked up.
“Just say it, Haegin. This feels like I’m in some quiz show.”
But how could she say it? Unlike him, she wasn’t the kind of person to blurt out such things.
“Well, it’s just that…”
Though she knew it was her job to speak up, her lips wouldn’t move easily. This was really troubling.
“So, you said…”
Haegin glanced at Taehong, then closed her eyes tightly.
“You said, ‘let’s sleep together.'”
After speaking, she clenched her teeth, her face turning beet red. She didn’t need a mirror to know this.
She faced the overwhelming embarrassment head-on and opened her eyes. Taehong’s expression said it all.
What are you talking about?
Exactly. What was she doing?
Fanning her flushed face, she turned away from him, unable to bear his gaze.
“Haegin.”
But Taehong didn’t seem like he would just let it go. Having brought it up, he would probably say something.
“Sleep together? Me? With who? With Haegin?”
Was he acting? If so, he deserved an award for best actor. She continued to fan herself, not finding it funny at all. Taehong, however, just let out an incredulous laugh.
“Why would I? Why would I sleep with Haegin?”
Taehong’s blunt questioning left Haegin speechless.
Why was she facing the backlash for his slip of the tongue?
And honestly, even if he hadn’t said those words, was such an overreaction necessary? It was subtly annoying.
“No, not that. Earlier, you definitely told me to sleep together.”
The more she spoke, the more unbelievable Taehong’s facial expressions and gestures became. This made Haegin increasingly wonder if she had heard wrong.
“That’s strange. I’m not someone who would say such a thing to just any woman.”
Wait a minute, this is annoying in its own right. Look at this, Manager Moon Taehong.
“You’re not my type either, Manager.”
It was a mixture of indignation and dismissal. But he seemed subtly angry. She was the one who should be angry, so why was he losing his temper?
“Maybe.”
Taehong, stroking his chin, turned his body fully towards her. His narrowing gaze intensely focused on her, binding her vision. As his expression changed, her lips grew dry.
“Do you want to sleep with me?”
It was that nose he had touched on the day she cried. The sensation of his touch lingered vividly in her memory. Any careless movement under his piercing gaze felt like being instantly captured.
She couldn’t find a way to break free from his enthralling presence. The closeness of his breath left her without an escape.
“Sleep with Haegin.”
The cold, assertive tone of his voice was almost predatory.
Even though it wasn’t real, a shiver ran through her from head to toe. Despite not moving any closer, the tension-filled atmosphere remained unbroken.
She slightly moistened her parched lips, feeling their sting. His fingertips then touched her lips.
“With such an expression.”
The touch on her rough lips was incredibly gentle.
“I might fall for it.”
He tapped her neatly arranged lips. As if nothing happened, he straightened his shirt that had been pulled tight.
“Planning to commute to Grace Hotel?”
Something had passed by in an instant, evident only by his breath on her nose and the touch on her lips.
Still engulfed in the atmosphere he created, she nodded.
“Yes, let’s do that.”
Haegin sighed deeply within, finally relaxing from the intense tension.
“Thank you. Then I’ll make good use of it three times.”
Haegin’s smile was faintly visible. Taehong’s brows slightly furrowed, but she didn’t notice.
“And Manager.”
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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