Ra Jin’s eyes, which had never shown any wavering at work, unknowingly widened.

“Of course, our clause only involves sleeping together on the specified days. But we could at least go on a date.”
Jae Heon, tilting his head slightly, softly looked into Ra Jin’s eyes as he spoke.

“We are lovers after work.”

Ra Jin tightened her thighs as she nearly lost strength in her legs.

His subtly intense gaze and his low, subdued voice were excessively stimulating.

The sound of her heart boiling could be clearly heard in her own ears.

“Will you refuse a date too?”
“Ah….”
“As a human, I too have times when I can get hurt. If my secretary rejects me, it seems like it will be now.”
Her heart began to beat wildly.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

The violent heartbeat was loud enough to reach her own ears, making Ra Jin feel the urgent need to leave this place.

Because he must not hear it.

“Understood. How about we discuss the details tonight?”
The corner of Jae Heon’s mouth lifted slightly.

“Good.”
At his seemingly happy expression, Ra Jin’s cheeks felt like they were dyed red.

“May I leave now then?”
“Sure.”
As Ra Jin, bowing her head, left the office, she bit her lips the moment she closed the door.

It was vividly clear how much he had struggled with insomnia.

Someone who could make such a gentle expression.

How exhausted must he have been to always maintain such a cold demeanor.

While she thought about this, part of her also felt a bit resentful.

‘Ah. Why are you looking at me with such fluttering eyes?’
Her crush looked at her with a soft gaze and a smile on his lips, constantly threatening to send her senses flying.

‘This is the office. I need to put personal thoughts and feelings away now.’

Determined, Ra Jin straightened her back and tried to act as if nothing had happened as she returned to her place.

“Whoa, Manager! What did the director say again?”
“….huh?”
“Manager, your cheeks are all red!”
At that, Ra Jin’s widened eyes shook.

“Oh my, heavens.”
Our manager, who doesn’t bat an eye at the usual, has such a flushed face.

“Of course, people can’t change overnight. Right? Accepting the morning greeting must have been a warning. You must prepare your heart for something big.”
Even a sincere greeting from Jae Heon, who was deeply hated by Yoon Hee, was misunderstood as having an impudent intention.

However, Ra Jin neither had the time nor the intention to clear up Yoon Hee’s misunderstanding.

Her mind was filled with Jae Heon, who was smiling at her.

“How about a date?”

A date with the director?

“After work, we are lovers.”
“Are you going to decline a date too?”

The director, Jae Heon, who used to only watch and could not strike up a conversation, was recommending a date to me.

“I’m a human too and there are times when I get hurt. If my secretary rejects me, it feels like it’s happening right now.”

Moreover, when he asked not to reject him, Ra Jin couldn’t keep her sanity.

“What to do. Our team leader, you’re losing your mind. Did the director swear at you or something?”
At Yoon Hee’s heightened voice, Ra Jin, who barely came to her senses, hastily shook her head.

“No, it’s not like that.”
“Ha. The team leader always defends the director because of your professional spirit, but I know everything. I told you, I figured out the true nature of the director when you were on a business trip.”
The director is a devil. There’s no way he’s not a devil. Ra Jin couldn’t say anything to Yoon Hee, who was looking at her with such eyes.

It was true that Jae Heon’s attitude was cranky.

But she couldn’t talk about insomnia either.

Ra Jin had no choice but to let Yoon Hee misunderstand.

“Don’t worry. I’ll be on your side at the decisive moment.”
“A decisive moment?”
“A moment when you need my courage.”
Yoon Hee spoke with a resolute look as if she were a warrior.

“Speak when you’re really exhausted and feel like going crazy. I’ll follow you with one heart and one purpose as the team leader.”
Ra Jin smiled faintly.

“It looks like I didn’t live such a mess. There’s someone who talks to me like this. Thank you very much.”
“I’m sincere, team leader. You know that, right? I never speak nonsense!”
“Well, I know well.”
Until then, Ra Jin didn’t know.

In the distant future, she would receive unexpected great help from Yoon Hee.

((()))((()))((()))

Saturday morning.

Jae Heon, who had a good night’s sleep, felt very light, but for some reason, his expression was stiff.

It was early, but Ra Jin was not in this house.

She left in a hurry, saying she had to go to her hometown today.

“Eat something before you go. I’ll give you a ride.”
“It’s okay. Jae Heon, have a good meal.”

…Ha. Shouldn’t I check with my own two eyes whether I’m eating well or not?

Either as his secretary or as his lover.

‘Anyway, she’s subtly cold. Coldhearted person.’
In a way, she is more heartless than me, who is often considered to be carved out of ice.

At least he didn’t recommend her a meal. He even said he would give her a ride after eating.

An indifferent woman. A merciless woman. An inhuman woman.

Thus, cursing Ra Jin, Jae Heon headed to the dining room, opened the storage cabinet, and took out a box containing green tea and tangerine tea bags he had brought from Jeju Island on Thursday.

……I brought it to drink together.

Jae Heon closed the drawer with a bang!

He had a hunch that today was going to be a very long day.

((()))((()))((()))

Around sixthirty, Ra Jin arrived at her parents’ house.

As soon as she rang the bell, the door opened.

“Welcome, sister!”

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