As for what to do in the future, she decided to discuss it with him again after work. With determination and even adjusting her posture, Yeonwoo clicked on her emails to concentrate on her work.
[Subject: Meeting Request]“······.”
Boldly clicking the mouse. Unexpectedly, she encountered the email from the HR team first. Her shoulders twitched.
It was something that would come sooner or later, but she didn’t expect it to come this quickly.
Yeonwoo bit her lower lip.
The next day.
After finishing the meeting with Park, the head of the HR team, Yeonwoo went to the restroom without returning straight to her seat.
“Hoo.”
In the mirror, Yeonwoo took a deep breath, looking strangely unaccommodating for someone who had dressed up so diligently.
Not wanting to be crushed, she unbuttoned one button near her neck, feeling constrained by the lemon-colored blouse she had put on to look confident.
The HR team looked at Yeonwoo with disapproving eyes, just as expected.
As per the internal policy, the secretary in charge of Lawyer Kwon Junhwi will be changed now.
Where Yeonwoo will be transferred to and what team she’ll be in will be decided after the meeting. A jab was added, telling her to manage her private life well.
It was a notorious position that she desperately wanted to escape from. However, now that she was about to leave, there was a strange and poignant irony.
‘I’ve thought about it seriously. If Kim Yeonwoo is okay, I think I’m ready now. Ready to fall.’
His words from the video call when he was on a business trip came to her mind.
Always being thorough, perfect, and preparing everything alone. How do you do that?
Whenever his mature side showed, she found herself thinking that she wanted to resemble him.
As she was adjusting her appearance and about to leave the restroom, she heard murmurs outside. A single sentence caught Yeonwoo’s ear, which she had thought of as insignificant.
“The secretary is intentionally acting stuck-up.”
It was about him and her again.
Already exhausted because of the HR team, she had no energy to face rumors about herself.
Hoping for the conversation to end quickly, Yeonwoo entered the farthest corner and closed the door.
“So, Lawyer Im Nayoon, what’s going to happen with Lawyer Kwon? Poor thing.”
The two who entered, gossiping, seemed to think there was no one around, and they started talking freely.
“It’s pitiful. She seemed to be transferring to Korea to get married to Lawyer Kwon.”
“To snatch the fiancé from the secretary.”
······What?
What kind of nonsense is this again? She felt her throat closing up. Unconsciously, Yeonwoo clenched the hem of her skirt.
“Manager Kim is no joke. He doesn’t look good, but he’s so bright with men?”
“It seems like she was pretending to be quiet. She dated both Kim Seungho and Kwon Junhwi at the same time.”
As if the person involved wasn’t listening, people laughed and lightly teased Yeonwoo’s heart.
“Lawyer Kwon is the third generation of Ju Sung Group. I didn’t know that before. No one knew.”
“The secretary probably knew. So maybe she approached Lawyer Kwon too?”
“Well, Lawyer Kwon’s personality is a bit peculiar, so maybe not the conditions, but the appearance is excellent.”
They casually mixed together truth and falsehood, skillfully chopping and blending them like ingredients on a chopping board.
“How would it feel to have your fiancé taken away? If it were me, I would go and tear her hair out. Pity her.”
“Honestly, Im suits Kwon much better than Kim.”
She had resolved to worry only a little about the malicious rumors just yesterday, but her determination seemed pale. Once again, Yeonwoo’s white mind was agitated.
Like a stone thrown at random, hurting her heart, and when she thought it was healing, another stone was thrown, causing additional pain.
She thought the annoying rumors would naturally fade away now that the truth was revealed, but it seemed to be just her wishful thinking.
Amidst this, a fleeting thought crossed her mind.
How did the story of Junhwi’s Ju Sung Group and Im Nayoon’s engagement spread?
It had been a long time since they broke up, so the timing was way off. But it wasn’t a fabricated story; it was a ‘fact’ that only the parties involved could know.
‘······I think I know where the source of the baseless rumor is.’
Im Nayoon. The person who hopes Yeonwoo will be in trouble because of this rumor.
She remembered the intimidating gaze that Nayoon had directed at her when she provocatively confronted her in front of Junhwi’s house sometime before.
The vague fog that had covered her mind seemed to have lifted a bit. Yeonwoo gently bit her lower lip.
So, what should she do now?
Should she go straight to Nayoon and confront her? Tell her to take responsibility for the malicious false rumor she spread.
‘Like a fool. If I charge in recklessly, Nayoon won’t easily admit it.’
Yes, I spread it, I’m sorry. I won’t do it again. She wouldn’t obediently admit it like that.
She would deny it vehemently. And she would jump even higher. Then people would be interested again, and the temporarily inflated baseless rumor would gain weight and spread even more…
And Junhwi would find out again.
She closed her eyes tightly. She didn’t want to think about the aftermath.
She didn’t want him to be angry and hurt because of her. Ignorance is bliss, isn’t that what they say?
It was embarrassing to always hide behind him whenever an incident occurred. She didn’t want to show herself being swayed by baseless rumors.
‘Please. Let’s handle this like an adult, calmly.’
Even if she found out who committed this act, there was no immediate way to step forward and explain.
Should she rather quietly wait until people’s interest wanes?
While waiting for the frequency of the thoughtlessly thrown stones to decrease.
Or perhaps she would develop immunity to the stones, so even if she was hit, it wouldn’t hurt.
What should she do about the unfortunate connection with Nayoon? While contemplating, the conversation sounds that were tearing through Yeonwoo’s heart from outside disappeared. She wasn’t sure how long she had been sitting in the corner.
Now she should slowly return to her seat. She was so drained that she didn’t even have the strength to take a few steps.
‘Just a little longer.’
Yeonwoo gave up on going outside and sat back down, huddled.
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
