It was truly an irritating statement. Therefore, Jae Heon halfheartedly retorted. He claimed it was a pleasing response.
No, it was genuinely a pleasing response.
He had to be thankful for the fact that she didn’t make unreasonable demands using the pretext that she spent the night with him.
Of course, she wasn’t such a person, so she responded to the proposition. However, the human heart is like a reed, so there could be completely different circumstances before and after the incident.
Just like his uncle.
The uncle who treated his precious nephew as if there was no one else in the world when his parents were healthy revealed his fangs that he had hidden, clearly coveting his position as soon as his parents passed away.
But his secretary was truly a consistent person.
He himself was so harshly shaken, yet the actual culprit who shook him was calm.
As if nothing had happened.
That fact irritated him very much.
No one had ever touched his nerves so much.
The outlaw who turned his world upside down was his secretary, who had been assisting him so that his world could be peaceful.
His night with Ra Jin… was incredibly good.
He first learned what ‘ecstasy’ was yesterday.
Not only in business, but their physical rhythms also matched very well.
But the reason why Jae Heon cared so much about Ra Jin was not just because of that.
The night he held her in his arms and fell asleep. He didn’t have a nightmare for the first time.
Since his parents died in a plane crash, he had been suffering from insomnia.
He tried everything that was good for insomnia.
He consulted with doctors, tried hypnosis, and used all kinds of essential oils and scented candles from around the world that were known to be good.
He frequently changed his bedding set, changed his interior design according to Feng Shui several times, and even sought the help of various religions.
That was also why he worked out so hard. He thought if he strained his body, he might fall asleep from exhaustion.
However, the symptoms did not improve.
Every time he closed his eyes, the image of his parents falling from the plane and their screams echoed loudly in his ears.
Despite not being at the scene of the accident, the horrifying scene created by Jae Heon’s imagination was being vividly reproduced in his head.
That was why his nerves were always on edge.
But… last night, he didn’t dream and no illusions appeared.
He had to hold on to Ra Jin.
Not only was she a competent secretary, but she was now the only person who could cure his insomnia.
Yes, that’s the reason. There’s no other meaning.
Last night, Jae Heon had tried his best to ignore the fact that he found Ra Jin to be incredibly lovely, and that he still found her adorable.
It was now time for him to propose to her.
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Jae Heon called Ra Jin to his office.
“Did you want to see me, Director?”
Looking at her, who seemed no different from her usual tidy, neat, and even indifferent self, Jae Heon felt a painful twist in his gut.
Yes, it’s all in the past now, right?
“Why do you think I called you?”
“Here are the meeting minutes from yesterday and the revised report from Planning Team 1.”
Ra Jin’s hands moved quickly and accurately as she placed the documents on his desk, just like she usually did.
Yes, as usual, she didn’t seem affected at all.
He was so desperately shaken, but the person who had caused all of this was calm.
This fact bothered him immensely, terribly, and genuinely.
“Do you think I called you for the meeting minutes?”
“Do you have something else to say?”
“When did you leave? You were gone when I opened my eyes.”
Ra Jin’s pupils quivered while she maintained her composure.
‘I didn’t expect him to bring this up at work.’
Despite feeling bewildered, Ra Jin responded calmly.
She didn’t want to appear pitiful until the day she would leave.
She wanted to be remembered as a thorough, clean, and capable secretary until the very end.
After clearing her throat, she answered as calmly as possible.
“I left early in the morning.”
“Why? You were so eager when you came to me.”
She licked her lips with her tongue.
Seeing that, Jae Heon covered his mouth with his hand.
He hadn’t noticed it before…….
Now that he looked at it, Ra Jin had a habitual allure embedded in her.
Just like the action of licking her lips with her tongue.
Or blinking her round, open eyes.
Or standing in such an upright posture.
Now, Jae Heon felt all of Ra Jin’s actions were seductive.
“You left me behind.”
Ra Jin looked at Jae Heon, who was speaking with a shameless face, with an incredulous expression.
Who did what to whom?
“I distinctly remember telling you yesterday.”
“What?”
“Exactly….”
Although it was embarrassing to say out loud, Ra Jin took a deep breath and barely got the words out.
“We agreed to spend just one night together.”
Jae Heon’s gaze shifted sharply.
“I don’t recall agreeing to that.”
As her eyes widened, Jae Heon wiped his hands dry. Look at that, she’s tempting him again.
“We’ll talk again after work.”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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