Office Romance Scandal (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 23
Tae Hong’s room was on a completely different level from Hae Jin’s. Even though they were on the same floor and his room was right across from hers, his accommodation was clearly in another league.
He told her to wait and went into another room. The moment he disappeared, Hae Jin swept her eyes once around the suite and, as if drawn by an invisible force, drifted toward the window.
Wow—it was a breathtaking view, the kind that made you gasp in admiration. The floor-to-ceiling glass certainly helped, but she couldn’t help wondering:
What would it feel like if there were a terrace here? As she murmured this to herself like a quiet thought, Tae Hong approached.
“It suits you.”
“Ah! You scared me!”
Startled, Hae Jin spun around abruptly—and her eyes landed straight on Tae Hong’s chest.
They were way too close, but more problematic was his snug athletic top, which clearly outlined the contours of his muscles like a silhouette.
Thump-thump.
Her traitorous heart began racing wildly. Come on, Hae Jin. This is just like admiring a beautifully sculpted work of art—pure awe, nothing else.
But even that self-hypnosis vanished in an instant.
“Even at dawn, Assistant Jeong Hae Jin’s face is still so fair.”
His breath was close enough to feel, and the strange, intimate vibe of the place wrapped around her entire body. She didn’t even notice she was breathing unnaturally.
She couldn’t tell if her eyes stung from the early morning sunlight or from the intensity of his gaze.
One thing was certain: she couldn’t look directly at him. She lowered her head to hide her burning cheeks, but he gently tilted her chin back up, leaving her completely exposed.
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
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I like his honesty and my god there is communication.