“You should have found a T-shirt somewhere… Anyway, you should have dried your hair first.”
As his gaze reached my face and smoothly extended to my legs, his eyes deepened.
That’s when I realized what I looked like.
My face flushed instantly, and I took a step back from him.
“If you step back like that, I can see you even better.”
I wanted to hide, but his gentle words froze me, saying that I was more visible instead.
Unable to do anything, my heart pounded heavily for a moment.
Jae Ha let out a deep sigh, almost mumbling, and walked towards the living room.
It wasn’t on purpose.
I followed Jae Ha as he went ahead.
An aromatic herbal tea was wafting its scent from the table in front of the sofa, prepared at some unknown point.
“But didn’t you go out to buy clothes?”
“I couldn’t find a clothing store nearby, so I was just about to send my assistant.”
“Ah… It must be hard to find one late at night. I can just wear the dry-cleaned clothes.”
I was planning to wear the dry-cleaned clothes and leave once they were done in a couple of hours.
The plan to have a drink at a quiet wine bar and discuss the previous proposal was completely ruined.
‘The moment I encountered those two, everything fell apart.’
How did things end up like this?
“The laundry time and the time it takes for the assistant to bring clothes should be similar.”
“…”
“Just wear new clothes. If they don’t fit, take them off.”
It was a large shirt that didn’t fit my body. He spoke softly, looking at me, still hesitating.
“And it’s better for you to stay here for now.”
A peculiar nuance flowed in Jae Ha’s words, and his eyes gleamed with a strange hue.
“Seo Ji Han must be insanely curious about what we’re doing right now. Shouldn’t we give him some room for imagination?”
In the end, we decided to stay together only until the laundry for my blouse was finished.
Silence came back between him and me.
It was an excessively quiet space, except for the sound of me sipping my tea.
Jae Ha read a book that was on the sofa, wondering if the silence wasn’t awkward.
‘Should I ask him what his answer is to that proposal?’
The reason I came here was to hear his answer to the proposal I had made.
If this man didn’t take the job, I had to find someone else.
The biggest problem was that there was no one who fit that position as perfectly as Jae Ha.
“Are you serious?”
His gentle voice, which had been reading the book, pierced my ears.
At some point, he was no longer looking at the book but at me, and our gazes met.
“The part about seeking revenge.”
He closed the book he was looking at.
“Yes. I’m serious.”
I sent an unwavering gaze to Jae Ha, who was staring at me blankly.
My desire to bring down Seo Ji Han and Ho Jin immediately was as strong as a chimney.
“You said it’s the CEO position of W Group?”
“…”
“I’ll take the position.”
He, who had been silent for a while, accepted the proposal with a mysterious smile on his face.
My tension, which had been tightly wrapped around me, loosened as he accepted the proposal.
I was curious about what was going through Jae Ha’s mind as he crossed his arms and stared at me blankly.
However, his gaze was so calm that I couldn’t read any emotion from it.
“To be honest, I can’t fully trust you, Yoon Yeo Jin.”
He continued speaking in a calm tone.
It was natural for Jae Ha to not trust me, as unlike me, who had returned to the past, he was living in the present.
He wouldn’t have the information and memories I had accumulated from my past life.
“But back then, that proposal was too tempting to refuse.”
Jae Ha threw a casual remark with a mysterious expression, as if recalling that day’s memory.
“You said you would expedite the process?”
“I can expedite what you’re planning right now, even faster.”
It was what I had told him on the night we met alone.
Then Jae Ha leaned towards me and whispered.
“Keep that promise. I’ll definitely bring down Ho Jin Group.”
Jae Ha’s eyes shone intensely as he spoke of revenge.
“Of course. Revenge against Ho Jin is my revenge as well.”
“…”
“You can trust me on that.”
A relationship bound by unyielding revenge.
I knew he wouldn’t trust me easily, but it was certain that we would make decent partners.
That’s what my intuition told me.
Ding dong.
The sound of the entrance bell echoed between Jae Ha and me, where a sense of silence flowed.
I got up from my seat, thinking that the blouse I had left for dry cleaning might have arrived, but I was seated back on the sofa by Jae Ha’s large hand.
He pointed at my attire with a dumbfounded expression.
“Where are you going, dressed like that? Stay here.”
And not long after, he walked into the living room with a man.
I vaguely felt like I knew who that man was.
I didn’t know much about Jae Ha’s acquaintances, as there wasn’t frequent contact between us.
The man who came with him seemed to be a secretary who went around various places in Seoul on my behalf.
“Nice to meet you. I’m Han Sung Joon. You can call me Secretary Han since I’m the representative’s executive secretary.”
“Hello, Secretary Han. I’m Yoon Yeo Jin.”
He placed a hoodie and pants he had bought somewhere in front of me.
It seemed that Jae Ha stubbornly didn’t cancel his order even though the blouse I had left for dry cleaning would arrive soon.
“I’m so sorry. There wouldn’t have been many open stores at this hour…”
“Haha. It’s not a big deal. It’s nothing.”
“Thank you for your effort.”
When I changed into the clothes that Secretary Han prepared and came out to the living room, Jae Ha, who had already finished getting ready, was sitting there alone.
It seemed that his secretary had left while I was changing.
It had been a long day.
The time was approaching midnight, and the dark night sky was visible behind him.
“I’ll take you. Let me drive you home.”
“It’s okay. I can go by myself. I can take a taxi.”
“It’s less tiring for me to take you than to deal with more troublesome things.”
If he insisted that much…
I was also worried about the reporters, so I nodded without arguing against his firm words.
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.
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Jae Ha’s car entered the apartment complex after speeding down the wide-open road, and it slowly came to a stop.
I was about to get out but turned towards the driver’s seat instead.
“Um.”
What would have happened if he hadn’t helped me?
I felt dizzy thinking about going home alone with the wine spilled on me.
“Thank you.”
“It’s nothing, really. Don’t mention it.”
Jae Ha’s eyes, which were gazing at me, were very calm.
I smiled faintly at him, who seemed to be shy and looked away, and then I got out of the car.
It was the moment when I was about to turn around and enter the apartment after watching the car drive away.
Someone approached me and grabbed my wrist.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
