The moment his hand touched her face.
What she felt before surprise was, the temperature.
The warmth of his large hand covering her cheek was far warmer than she had imagined.
“……”
“……”
As if entranced, the two looked into each other’s eyes.
As if trying to read each other’s emotions reflected there. As if trying to discern the name attached to those emotions, intensely.
Ra Jin took a faint breath.
It was strange. She thought only she was harboring such heated emotions.
Why… did she feel as if heat was also radiating in his black eyes gazing at her?
‘Was I drunk?’
Her head was dizzy. She couldn’t tell if it was due to the alcohol or Jae Heon’s gaze, who was staring at her without blinking.
A fantasy? A hallucination? Or was it a dream?
One thing was for sure.
She wanted to keep touching him like this.
“I’m sorry, why did I……”
Suddenly regaining his senses, Jae Heon tried to withdraw his hand.
Actually, the one more surprised than her was himself.
He just wanted to touch her.
Using the excuse of being drunk wasn’t viable because he was too sober. To start with, a few cocktails wouldn’t even scratch his tolerance.
But just now, his body moved of its own accord, as if he was entranced.
As if she had cast a spell on him.
‘…I’m going crazy.’
Jae Heon couldn’t comprehend himself to the point that such ridiculous thoughts entered his mind.
Actually, it was hard for him to take his eyes off Ra Jin since they were eating.
His lips kept lifting at the sight of her small red lips enjoying the food with no burden, and the satisfaction that shone from her eyes, folded like a crescent moon every now and then.
Then just now, he was captivated by Ra Jin’s moist eyes and red lips, and ended up reaching out.
What if she thought of him as a weirdo?
What if she felt bad?
As he tried to hastily withdraw his hand with such thoughts.
“……!”
Ra Jin firmly grabbed his wrist.
“Don’t apologize.”
And she said, looking straight into Jae Heon’s eyes.
“Because I don’t dislike it.”
Strength surged into Jae Heon’s hand.
He could tell that her cheeks were flushed even under the dim lighting of the bar.
Yet seeing her not avoid his gaze, but instead meet his eyes more clearly, it felt as if something he had been holding back inside was surging all at once.
Is the drunkenness hitting me all at once?
Why does it feel like Ra Jin keeps desiring me?
Suddenly, she opened her eyes wide and put strength into the hand that was gripping his wrist.
Jae Heon’s gaze lingered momentarily on the small, white hand that held him.
“Right, you said you were in pain? It couldn’t possibly be a serious illness….”
“Insomnia.”
“Pardon?”
Insomnia?
He couldn’t believe it.
Insomnia seemed completely at odds with Jae Heon.
It was unbelievable that he, with his good physique and even better stamina, who came to work looking tidy even after pulling several allnighters and handled an immense amount of work, couldn’t sleep.
There was some darkness under his eyes.
But it was not so much that he looked tired; rather, it contributed to a certain decadence he exuded, not at all offputting.
“So, you can’t sleep well? How long?”
“If it’s short, an hour, if it’s long, three to four hours.”
“No way, how can you only sleep so little and still manage to… You must really have been born with great stamina.”
“Look at my grandfather. How can that be the stamina of someone in their 70s?”
Ra Jin nodded in agreement. Even the young interns occasionally ran out of energy, yet Chairman Seo boasted tremendous stamina.
“At least, it’s fortunate.”
Otherwise, he would have been pushed out of the small father’s family a long time ago.
For a moment, Jae Heon’s eyes shone sharply. Ra Jin flinched and let go of his wrist.
Yes, he was originally such a cold person.
Today was just oddly warm.
“Ra Jin.”
Yes, this strangely.
When he called her name, her heart, which seemed to be regaining its composure for a moment, began to pound violently again.
And her words stopped at what followed.
“Stay by my side.”
“Ah…”
The words couldn’t leave her mouth, they just lingered on the tip of her tongue.
“If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have been able to make it this far.”
Struggling to not lose consciousness, she managed to shake her head.
“Even if it wasn’t me, Director, no, my senior, you would have done well.”
“No.”
Jae Heon spoke decisively.
“It’s thanks to you, Ra Jin. You’re the only one who understands my words, my feelings.”
Ah. He probably didn’t know. How much his words just now had come as a great light to one person.
Jae Heon hit the nail on the head.
“I still need you.”
As soon as she heard those words, Ra Jin bit her lips.
It was a statement not even her family would say to her.
Being useful and a source of dependence for someone, and the fact that someone was Jae Heon, made her happy and… sad at the same time.
‘The director won’t know. How… desperate I am every time he treats me so affectionately.’
Because her path did not intersect with his.
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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