If you’re not going to contact me, you shouldn’t even send work emails! He was so annoyed that Junhwi, who didn’t contact him as a lover, seemed too ridiculous.
‘Who started this fight? Adding an annoying crime!’
If I come in first and bow down appropriately, I was going to accept it moderately until he apologized. But if it goes like this, I’ll endure it until he apologizes.
So, the Monday morning, which started with such determination, went smoothly until I knew it was the day to replenish supplies in the situation room.
So, this is why everyone discourages workplace romance. Even in a situation where they are in a cold war with their lover, they have to clash with him at work. It was a fatal flaw of workplace romance.
Unfortunately, today, Sujin is also on leave, and there is no one else to ask for help.
In the end, Yeonwoo had no choice but to enter the space where he was. The entire universe seemed to be pushing him unfavorably.
Still, I have to avoid it until I can. I didn’t want to show my face to someone who didn’t even show curiosity about me all weekend.
Yeonwoo deliberately waited for the time when the situation room was empty. It wasn’t until lunchtime that he opened the door to the vacant situation room.
But.
“What’s this?”
Pushing a cart full of supplies, Attorney Lim Nayoon turned to look at Yeonwoo and shot a sensitive glance.
“Oh, I thought no one was here. I’m sorry.”
Yeonwoo bowed and cautiously moved his steps.
It was when he was busy moving the boxes and taking out the items. Lim Nayoon closed her laptop with a loud thud and muttered.
“Annoying. Disturbing me when I’m concentrating.”
“······Yes?”
“You heard everything pretending not to hear anything.”
“······.”
“Do you have no concept of security? Is the situation room a place where anyone, dogs or cows, can enter?”
In the gaze that scanned the frozen Yeonwoo, there was arrogance full of contempt.
······It was clear enough from the first day I met Lim Nayoon that she was picky and had a high nose, but why she always looked down on me was still unknown.
Looking back, from the first day they met, Lim Nayoon treated Yeonwoo like a subordinate. For no apparent reason.
But this is RoanYul. In this organization, lawyers always take precedence.
Even if you receive such unfair treatment, the secretary who supports ‘Attorney’ can only endure.
‘Ignore it. Please ignore it. Just go home, have a beer, and relax with a half bath.’
It’s not like Yeonwoo hasn’t seen people with the mindset of a servant in the company. Of course, Lim Nayoon was the first person to show it openly.
Yeonwoo just tried to endure with a casual smile.
Turning his head to finish what he was doing, Lim Nayoon, who went to the window, bit on her cigarette, looking directly at Yeonwoo.
In a moment, the forcibly accumulated patience collapsed.
“Attorney, I’m sorry, but smoking is prohibited indoors.”
Ignoring Yeonwoo’s words, Lim Nayoon casually exhaled smoke.
“Attorney.”
“If you’re a secretary, empty the trash can properly like a secretary.”
Interference in unnecessary matters. The slow red lips murmured slowly.
That was Yeonwoo’s limit.
“Excuse me.”
“What? Excuse me?”
“You heard everything pretending not to hear anything? It’s non-smoking indoors.”
The tense air between the two circulated. Lim Nayoon’s eyebrows trembled as if she found the secretary who dared to confront her pathetic.
At the moment she was about to say something, the door opened, and Kim Seungho entered.
“Oh, Yeonwoo, you’re here in the situation room! Is there anything you need?”
He’s quick-witted. Kim Seungho, understanding what kind of situation this suffocating atmosphere was, quickly approached Yeonwoo.
“I’ll help too.”
“It’s okay.”
“Give it to me. Have you had a meal?”
Kim Seungho tilted his head with a charming forehead and bowed. That woman was an unmistakable signal not to touch her.
“I’ll call Attorney Yang later.”
“Uh, yes.”
I felt gratitude even for Kim Seungho, who was quietly whispering.
Anyway, let’s get out quickly. With the determination to get out of here as soon as possible, Yeonwoo worked diligently to organize things at an incredible speed, but Lim Nayoon called another busy person.
“Throw this away on your way out.”
She handed a cigarette to Yeonwoo, looking directly at him. Her mocking smile felt like that of a wicked witch.
“The trash can is full, and if you just throw it away, it might catch fire.”
“Yes, Attorney! I’ll throw it away.”
This time, too, Kim Seungho stepped forward to block between them. Thanks to him, Lim Nayoon probably didn’t see it, Yeonwoo’s boiling face.
Innocent Kim Seungho was mediating between them. It seemed that Yeonwoo’s continuous presence here was a nuisance.
Let’s get out of this hell quickly. Yeonwoo urged his steps towards the door.
“······.”
“······.”
But as soon as he opened the door, he encountered the large shadow of Junhwi, who was trying to come in.
It felt like meeting a tiger while trying to avoid a leopard.
“······Hello. Attorney Kwon.”
Even in greetings, he only raised his eyebrows unpleasantly. Then, he looked alternately at Kim Seungho and Yeonwoo.
Oh, no way. You’re not misunderstanding again, right?
I desperately hoped that he wouldn’t feel sorry and angry because of the fiancée of his former lover because of seeing my current lover for the first time in a long time.
“······.”
Fortunately, he passed by without saying anything.
Suddenly, relief and fatigue rushed in. Yeonwoo just wanted to cry.
Since then, they spent several days without any conversation.
Each day was renewing the longest period of confrontation with Junhwi.
Now Yeonwoo felt like saying, “Just let it be as it is.” The accumulated resentment towards him was exceeding its peak.
In the meantime, Lim Nayoon skillfully scratched at him as if she had made up her mind. She not only ignored him but also forced Yeonwoo to take over the work that a secretary should do.
Yeah. He could endure that too. What really tormented Yeonwoo was something else.
Kwon Junhwi, who called Lim Nayoon to sit in the situation room.
Kwon Junhwi, who sat side by side with Lim Nayoon every day and talked about work.
Kwon Junhwi, who kept making absurd delusions about what had happened between them in the past!
‘What, I have no complaints?’
While hiding the story of his former fiancée, he continued to forcibly involve Kim Seungho and Yeonwoo, which made him detestable. So, Yeonwoo decided to observe how far he would persist in this matter. Anyway, since it could be confirmed at the company that he was living well, there was no need to worry about him.
Some people may not even know that he is suffering inside.
[Let’s talk.]Oh. Did he somehow read Yeonwoo’s mind?
As soon as he thought of him, a messenger window blinked in the corner of the monitor. It was Junhwi.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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