Just 30 minutes after seeing him. Why?
Ji Na clenched her fists in confusion at Do Jin’s incomprehensible summons. She wanted to refuse, but this was the workplace.
She couldn’t act disrespectfully towards Do Jin, her superior. Ji Hye gave a look that said she’d leave first and exited the break room, leaving a tense silence behind.
“What’s the matter?” Ji Na asked with a stiff face, her gaze fixed on the floor. Her attitude, respectful yet defiant, made Do Jin lift one corner of his mouth.
“Cute.”
“I’m getting married soon. If you keep calling me privately, I’ll accuse you of sexual harassment.”
“Stop playing games.”
Unlike the tensed Ji Na, Do Jin was relaxed.
“Sexual harassment isn’t easy to prove. You think I’ve touched you?”
“……It’s unpleasant.”
“Unpleasant? What have I done to make you feel that way?”
Do Jin scoffed.
“I didn’t see that before…….”
Suddenly, Do Jin’s sharp gaze landed on Ji Na’s finger. Even the mere look felt like a cutting pain.
“Are you showing off your engagement to me?”
“I won’t have any more personal conversations with you.”
Unable to stay silent any longer, Ji Na turned around briskly.
“Making such a fuss over an engagement. Usually, people don’t know until they enter the wedding hall.”
“What do you want from me?”
Ji Na asked, panting.
“I’ve always told you. Come back to me.”
His incomprehensible obsession felt suffocating.
“It doesn’t matter if I get married.”
“I don’t like you, Do Jin.”
“Me neither.”
His unexpected response made Ji Na’s shoulders twitch.
“I think I love you.”
The word ‘love’ sent shivers down her spine. The chill ran down her back to her toes. Ji Na forcibly ignored him.
“Take care of Yoon Ju.”
“Yoon Ju killed my mother.”
Do Jin’s words were shockingly blunt.
“My mother didn’t like Yoon Ju as much as you. They kept clashing because of it…….”
“Surely not…….”
Yoon Ju didn’t seem like someone who would kill.
“Even a pregnant woman…….”
“She’s cunning. Even though she clearly knew about us, she still approached me.”
“Don’t blame Yoon Ju.”
“Oh, right. I’m not just blaming her. Anyway, we’re bound to meet again.”
His certainty left Ji Na speechless.
“Do you know why Seo Jin Woo is going to the U.S.?”
“What?”
Ji Na only knew it was for a critical company matter. Anticipating her ignorance, Do Jin twisted his lips.
“It’s groundwork for chairman succession. Even the American semiconductor company that K Group outsources from is said to be his.”
It was news to her.
“What does that have to do with anything?”
“It means he’s using tricks to secure his inheritance.”
Do Jin tapped his head with a finger.
“In other words, I’m well aware of Seo Jin Woo’s illegal and unethical behavior.”
Understanding dawned late on Ji Na, and her mouth fell open.
“That can’t be true.”
Do Jin smirked viciously at her weak protest.
“Make your choice. If you want the Executive Director to safely ascend to the Chairman’s position, come back to me. Otherwise, watch him get exposed for his tricks and end up punished and jailed.”
Do Jin’s threatening gaze, felt since morning, was now clear. He looked at a stunned Ji Na and stepped closer.
“It’s your choice, Ji Na.”
His menacing tone choked her.
“Why are you doing this to me…….”
Love? Do Jin smirked cynically.
“Maybe it’s love?”
Ji Na’s eyes welled up with tears at his flippant remark.
Suddenly, the break room door opened. An employee, unaware of the tension, entered, then hesitated.
“Oh, I didn’t realize you were talking.”
“No, it’s fine.”
Do Jin smoothly smiled.
“Think about it, Ji Na. Give me your answer in three days.”
He left the break room with a formal tone. Shocked, Ji Na wiped her eyes.
“You seem to have been scolded harshly.”
A colleague, mistaking the situation for a work-related reprimand, offered awkward consolation.
“Yes…….”
Ji Na replied uncomfortably and left the break room. Her mind was in turmoil. She desperately wanted to see Jin Woo.
Was Do Jin’s claim true? How did he find out? Everything was a mess.
Rain streaked the office windows. The overcast sky finally released its downpour. A colleague sighed in relief at the rain.
“Ah, rain at last. Summer’s finally ending. We can breathe easier.”
But for Ji Na, summer was Jin Woo. A man as intense as the summer heat, who ignited her passionate love.
The rain, signaling the end of summer, seemed to herald the end of her love too. Like the raindrops, despair trickled through her heart.
Her love, once a raging lava, now felt like a cold, hardened stone.
‘Your choice, Ji Na.’
She felt as if she’d received a death sentence. Torn between running to the Executive Office and hiding away, she yearned for Jin Woo yet also dreaded seeing him.
She had just put on the ring he gave her, finally brave enough to not fear love. But why…
Her eyes burned again. Her lips quivered, holding back tears ready to fall.
Ji Na fled the office as if escaping. She reached the lobby, staring at the blinding rain, and leaned against the wall.
‘Jin Woo… what should I do?’
She felt foolish.
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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