During the four years she worked as his secretary, Ra Jin had only been to restaurants with Jae Heon when there were business meetings.
Because she had refused all of his dinner invitations.
There was one reason.
To keep her heart in check.
If she were to eat alone with him, she thought she would fall into the delusion that she had become something special to Jae Heon. Her feelings would only deepen, and if she unwittingly confessed, it would be a disaster.
“Secretary.”
Her name being called by his voice, Ra Jin cleared her throat and tried to reply, “Yes, Director.”
“No, Ra Jin.”
Suddenly, Ra Jin was speechless. It felt like her heart had dropped.
Am I dreaming with my eyes open?
Or it could be a hallucination. Jae Heon calling her by her name, something her longtime fantasy had created……
“It’s been a long time since I’ve called you like this.”
Or is it the first time? Watching Jae Heon trying to remember, Ra Jin slowly blinked her eyes.
It’s not a dream. It’s reality.
In reality, Jae Heon called her by her name.
“Anyway. I would like to think that we are not superior and subordinate now, but something more comfortable.”
Licking her lips, Ra Jin who was hesitant asked softly.
“So it’s not a business hour…… is it a personal time?”
Personal time. The secretive nuance that the words brought out sparked a hot whirlwind within the two.
“Yes. Not as a secretary.”
Jae Heon’s voice dropped low.
“As Ra Jin.”
Her name from his lips sounded incredibly sweet.
Unable to control her pounding heart, Ra Jin took a sip of her cocktail. Instead of cooling her down, it made her even hotter.
“……”
Jae Heon’s Adam’s apple bobbed up and down.
His gaze drifted to Ra Jin’s cheeks, which had slightly flushed. Then, his eyes slowly moved.
Her pale, slender fingers gripping the glass, her red lips touching the glass, the side profile of her savouring the liquid all seemed incredibly enticing.
Even the movement of her tucking a fallen strand of hair behind her ear.
Startled by his own thoughts, he averted his gaze from her and took a sip from his glass.
Maybe he shouldn’t have said it. He had made that proposal because he thought it would be more comfortable to confide if she saw him not as a boss but as a senior.
He didn’t expect his heart to tremble like this.
Caught in a strange atmosphere, the two silently drank their own drinks.
Until just a moment ago, they were a superior and subordinate who could understand what the other was thinking better than anyone else.
Entering the ‘private time,’ they could not at all decipher each other’s thoughts.
“Then.”
The one who spoke first was Ra Jin.
“Should I call you senior now?”
Jae Heon, who knew the effort to change the mood, gave a slight smile and nodded.
“Okay. Except for ‘nim.’”
At his words, Ra Jin’s expression seemed to be a lot more relaxed.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve been called that way.”
“I also called you that after a long time.”
Even when they were in university, it was extremely rare for him to be called with such a title.
“Do you go to alumni meetings?”
“Occasionally. Everyone is curious about… no, the senior.”
The changed title was awkward, but it wasn’t a bad feeling.
No, rather, it was happy. It seemed like they had become comfortable with each other.
“They’re just curious. It’s just a formal question.”
“No. Every time they see me, they always ask how the senior is doing. Even Sun Woo asked about the senior not long ago.”
Hesitant. Jae Heon, who was about to lift his glass, furrowed his eyebrows.
“Are you talking about Jung Sun Woo?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
As Ra Jin nodded, his expression became more complex.
“Did he always call you that?”
Ra Jin, with wide open eyes, asked without any particular thought.
“Sun Woo oppa?”
It’s strange. Why does it feel so strange every time Ra Jin calls Sun Woo ‘oppa’?
Is it because he has never heard such a title from her mouth?
Yeah, it’s awkward, that’s why it’s like this, it’s awkward.
But… why does it feel so strange?
“…Yes, Jung Sun Woo. I think he originally called you senior.”
“He did, but Sun Woo oppa took good care of me. It naturally changed.”
Naturally? How does the title change naturally from ‘Jung Sun Woo senior’ to ‘Sun Woo oppa’?
Jae Heon furrowed his eyebrows.
‘Why am I paying attention to this?’
He was a strong drinker. He never lost control or broke his will due to alcohol.
But today is a strange day. He didn’t drink much, but his mind is so disturbed.
Is it because it’s awkward? Yeah, it’s awkward.
During the 4 years she has been working with him, he had never seen her calling other men with such a familiar title. That’s why it’s like this.
Even when she was in university, Ra Jin used to call anyone older than her ‘senior’. It was so unbearable because he was used to that.
Jae Heon decided to change the topic. It seemed that his head was getting strange as the awkward title continued to come out of Ra Jin’s mouth.
“Why are you doing this?”
“No. I’m done talking about Jeong Seon Woo. I want to hear your story.”
“My… story?”
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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