Of course, her main job was acting, but it had been a while since she stopped acting after being criticised for her poor acting skills. She received reviews saying it was a waste of her eyesight, which looked like she could act really well, and these days she was focusing on advertising and SNS activities.
“But why hasn’t Min Hyuk oppa come yet? I clearly told the secretary earlier.”
“Hey, have you ever seen Tae Min Hyuk come to a place like this?”
“Just wake up and play around. He definitely won’t come.”
Her love for Tae Min Hyuk was famous among her acquaintances. Moreover, it was an unrequited love that she was burning alone.
Of course, he didn’t accept anyone’s feelings and was solely focused on work, so there was no particular reason for Wang Hyo Hee to be hurt.
“But it’s my birthday.”
“He wouldn’t even celebrate his own birthday.”
“He would rather sleep an extra hour than come to see you.”
Last year, the year before, Tae Min Hyuk had never come to her birthday party. But Wang Hyo Hee, like a stubborn rock, never gave up, falling down a hundred times, standing up a hundred times. It was enough to warrant her the nickname ‘Stubborn Wang’.
“He must’ve had a hard time settling down until now, but he has achieved some results now. He has enough reason to open his heart to me slowly. Just wait a little. He will come to me first soon…”
“The news is late. I think he has a girlfriend.”
“A girlfriend?”
Wang Hyo Hee’s eyes widened at someone’s comment.
“Not me?”
She asked again, startled. Her face said she couldn’t believe it.
“Tell me in detail. Where did a woman suddenly appear for Min Hyuk oppa?”
While she was excitedly pressing for answers, Yoon Seo Jun checked his vibrating phone. It was Director Kim.
Perhaps because of the noisy Wang Hyo Hee, he wouldn’t be able to hear well, so Seo Jun moved to a quiet spot by himself.
“Yes, Uncle.”
I’m going to close the shop and go in now.
“You’ve worked hard.”
Lemon safely got home. It seems that she had a parttime job in the evening and returned home late.
‘Lemon’ was a secret code word used by Seo Jun and Director Kim to refer to Eun Seo Woo. It was entirely due to ‘Lemon’ that Seo Jun first lost his heart to her.
“Sigh, she must be tired, coming from parttime work on Monday. Anyway, Uncle, you’ve worked hard keeping the shop open. Rest tomorrow morning and come out late.”
It was well past 10 pm, a rather late time to close the local fruit shop.
Today, Yoon Seo Jun had left the shop empty to attend a birthday party, so Director Kim took care of closing up.
If he didn’t show his face at the persistent Stubborn Wang’s party, he would be in for a good few days of roasting, so it was better to just show up and leave.
However, Seo Jun was concerned that ‘Lemon’ hadn’t passed by the store yet, and for that, Director Kim had kindly taken on the late closing. Thankfully.
‘It’s a relief that she’s home safely.’
His heart finally rested upon hearing that she had safely returned home. He had been waiting for Director Kim’s confirmation call even amidst the acquaintances he had met after a long time.
He usually closed the shop before 7 o’clock, but ever since he found out that ‘Lemon’ was coming home late due to her parttime job, Seo Jun also kept the shop lights on until late.
This was because the streetlight on the road from the alley to the apartment entrance was blurry and dark.
He tried to do so every time, if circumstances permitted.
Only Director Kim knew Seo Jun’s feelings. That too was because Director Kim had a quick intuition and caught on.
“No, that’s impossible! I need to check it out myself!”
In the distance, Wang Hyo Hee was creating a huge scene.
Seo Jun shook his head at her behavior.
She had liked Tae Min Hyuk since she was very young and often showed her passion by following him to the United States during vacations. She believed that if he ever got a girlfriend, she would undoubtedly be the one.
But he got a girlfriend?
Seo Jun decided that it would be best not to get too close to Wang Hyo Hee, and even after ending the call, he kept a distance.
Woo Seok, who seemed to share the same thoughts, came closer and muttered while clucking his tongue.
“Wang Hyo Hee was so eager, but she missed the bus.”
“So who is Min Hyuk meeting with?”
He heard that ‘Lemon’ worked at a company called TH Foods. The president of the company was Tae Min Hyuk.
Seo Jun thought about getting closer to Tae Min Hyuk for that reason, but decided to stay quiet as it seemed like it wouldn’t be much help to ‘Lemon’.
Besides, he hadn’t revealed his background to Lemon, or Eun Seo Woo. She probably knew him as the owner of a neighborhood fruit shop who loved to give out freebies. He wasn’t someone who Tae Min Hyuk would find easy to approach.
Anyways.
“I don’t know. I think she’s a company employee.”
“An employee?”
“Yeah. Everyone’s surprised and making a fuss. It’s probably just a brief encounter, right? They won’t be in a relationship for long.”
“That’s unexpected. He doesn’t seem like the type to take relationships lightly.”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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