“Let’s get up now.”
When I opened my eyes, Seo Hanryul was shaking me awake. It seems I got exhausted and fell asleep with him because he was making such a fuss. Seo Hanryul was smiling like an angel as if he didn’t know about last night’s events.
“What about yesterday? Don’t even think about making excuses like you don’t remember.”
“What are you talking about?”
Seo Hanryul pushed his thick face closer to me. Does he really not remember yesterday’s events? However, the unchanging fact is that he’s shameless enough to stick out his tongue.
“How much did you drink yesterday?”
“What did I do yesterday? Tell me.”
“Let’s not talk about it. From now on, if you come after drinking, you can’t enter my house. You seem fine now, so just go.”
“My stomach hurts so much.”
The impudent guy didn’t answer and started pretending to be sick, holding his stomach. He made a sad expression and acted cute unlike himself, and the more annoying part was that the attitude was somewhat worth watching. The sight of a handsome guy acting cute to try to gloss over his sins was ridiculous yet quite adorable.
“Good for you. Go to the hospital.”
“Jaehyun-ah, aren’t you being too cold to a patient?”
Now he’s even calling my name and going wild. Come to think of it, I also did the crazy thing of banging my head against the wall the day after drinking with Cha Taehan. Seo Hanryul is also someone whose pride would be hurt if he came second, so he might be pretending not to know about yesterday.
“Please treat me nicely~”
“Well, how pretty are you?”
“What’s with you?”
“Why? You asked me to treat you nicely.”
“…”
I mimicked his drunken behavior with an annoying voice to make him recall what he did yesterday, but far from being flustered, he hugged me and countered with an even more extreme reaction. As expected, he’s not an easy opponent.
‘I lost.’
“Hey, eat. Don’t you have a schedule today?”
After presenting a shameless reaction, I made honey water for the guy who sat on the sofa with no intention of getting up. Give the hateful guy one more rice cake and send him out quickly.
“Wow, what’s this again? A guy who seems like a klutz is surprisingly good at everything.”
“When are you leaving?”
“As I please.”
“Why are you really acting like this toward me?”
“Who knows.”
It seems it’ll be difficult to immediately chase out this slippery guy. I can’t just keep taking it like this. If I start boring nagging and work talk, he’ll obviously leave my house on his own.
“Fine. If you’re going to lie down, let’s talk about work.”
“Whether you do or don’t.”
Seo Hanryul answered perfunctorily while looking at his phone screen. From the morning, monopolizing someone else’s living room and even ignoring the homeowner. I couldn’t tolerate that impudent sight anymore and snatched the phone from his hand.
‘What?’
He was looking at photos of me on his phone. The photo was of me sleeping. It seems like the guy who woke up before me secretly took it, but why did he take this?
“This guy is hopeless.”
“What’s wrong with it? You also secretly took photos of me in the past. We’re taking turns taking photos of each other fairly.”
Without showing any sign of being flustered, he confidently brings up the sins Cha Jaehyun committed in the past. That damned photo is the problem. Lee Dojun suddenly came to mind, making my mood worse.
By the way, what a bold bastard, looking at and laughing at hidden camera footage of the homeowner in someone else’s house. Don’t people usually show some embarrassment in this situation?
“Ha… Where exactly did you go wrong? Doesn’t the company make you do volunteer work or something? Character education is urgently needed.”
“Our Young Master is saying strange things again.”
“The kid gets weirder day by day.”
“Volunteer work? Are you going with me?”
“Yeah. I need to go with you and monitor you. Hey, get your act together.”
“I must unconditionally listen to our Jaehyun.”
Looking into my eyes, he grinned with a sly attitude, pleased about something. Seeing that look in his eyes, I became certain he was trying to gloss over last night’s mistake with this attitude.
Regret washed over me like a tide. When Seo Hanryul was making such a long disgraceful scene, I wasted the opportunity without even seizing it. Why didn’t I even think to film that disgrace that will remain forever as a cringe-worthy moment?
‘Right, I should go to a volunteer activity with him at least once.’
Though it’s a somewhat impromptu plan, I think it would be good to go to a volunteer activity with him. Whatever the excuse, I thought that doing volunteer work might make him come to his senses a bit.
* * *
“Why did you call me?”
Lee Dojun summoned me to the CEO’s office again. The book said he didn’t have such perverted hobbies. Now I’m in the mood to meet the original author.
“A busy person is looking for me a lot.”
“…”
It would have been better to call me to his house. There are many eyes watching at the company. If this situation continues, I’ll obviously become the subject of people’s gossip.
“I’d prefer if you didn’t call me to the CEO’s office. There’s nothing good when people see.”
“You worry so much.”
“Let’s not do this at the company. It won’t be good for CEO-nim’s image either, right?”
“You seem to do everything I tell you, but you also seem feisty. More fun than I expected.”
I’m not even a cat, and seeing someone call a person feisty, I could only think about how I ended up caught by such a bastard. At least I could communicate with Seo Hanryul, but I couldn’t even communicate with Lee Dojun, which was more frustrating.
“Don’t come.”
Lee Dojun suddenly got up from his seat and walked toward me. The experience of being pushed toward the wall before came to mind, and my back started to ache.
“Do I need to care about the toy’s demands too?”
“It’s not that I’m asking you to care, but there’s nothing good in it for you either.”
Before I knew it, when my back touched the wall, Lee Dojun pushed his thigh between my legs as if he’d been waiting. As I couldn’t move in the embarrassing position, he lifted my chin with a leisurely attitude.
“Cha Jaehyun-ssi talks so much.”
“When on earth does this end?”
“That depends on what you do.”
‘Seo Hanryul was better.’
Even the semi-polite speech is very irritating. Seo Hanryul at least told me the period, but Lee Dojun is truly vicious. How can I knock this bastard down a peg?
Lee Dojun, just wait a little. I’m also recording and documenting everything. Every time I’m summoned to his house, I secretly take photos to secure evidence. Soon I’ll liquidate this beggar-like life.
‘Let’s see.’
* * *
“Young Master, you seem to have worries.”
“…No, I don’t.”
Until now, Han Woojin tactfully hadn’t stuck around me. But after the contract ended, he started visiting my house occasionally. Very suspicious movements.
Someone who didn’t come was now visiting frequently, which was quite troublesome, but currently I didn’t have the energy to quarrel with others because of Lee Dojun. To confront Lee Dojun, I need to not waste energy on futile places and conserve my stamina as much as possible.
Lee Dojun got hold of all of Cha Jaehyun’s past. Clearly one of Cha Taehan or Han Woojin leaked all that information. Though there’s no physical evidence, my heart had already identified Han Woojin as the culprit.
Thinking of Han Woojin as the culprit made everything feel futile. Still, I tried hard to get along well with him after entering this body. No matter how well I treated him, it seems Han Woojin couldn’t forgive Cha Jaehyun’s past.
Even if he can’t forgive, why did he hand it over to Lee Dojun, who has nothing to do with this?
“Young Master, are you really alright?”
My head was complicated with situations that were hard to connect, so I made a pained expression, but Han Woojin asked about my condition with a bright face. If I don’t look alright, he could just not say anything.
“Secretary Han.”
“Yes, Young Master.”
“You’re not a spy by any chance, are you? Playing the role of secretary in front while selling my information behind the scenes.”
“Haha, what are you saying? I’m hurt to hear such words.”
“In movies and such, there are many situations like this. It’s just a question I’m asking. Don’t think too much about it.”
“That will absolutely never happen.”
Han Woojin answered firmly as if wronged.
‘That will?’
Han Woojin’s answer is strange. To deny something, shouldn’t he normally say ‘such a thing’? But he used the words ‘that will.’
It means he won’t do it in the future, but I thought it was a somewhat inappropriate word for someone denying to use. Smart Han Woojin wouldn’t make such a mistake.
‘Does it mean nothing?’
Have I become sensitive because I’m in such a strange situation? I wonder if I’m overthinking, but I was very curious about the reason for using those words.
“What do you mean ‘that will’? Are you saying it won’t happen in the future but it might have happened until now?”
“Young Master, you seem to have become much more mischievous since we last met.”
“…Can I trust you, Secretary Han?”
“It seems I’ve done many things to make Young Master misunderstand me. I’m sorry. …Whatever misunderstanding you have, it’s just a misunderstanding. I am serving only Young Master.”
He might reveal a gap in his expression even for a moment, but Han Woojin didn’t get caught up and calmly continued what he had to say. To play the role of a spy, one must have that much courage.
“Secretary Han, aren’t you taking the joke too seriously?”
“Haha, did I look too foolish?”
Not foolish at all. Why is Han Woojin sticking to me more? Is Han Woojin definitely the culprit who made Lee Dojun go wild? Do I now have to tail Han Woojin in reverse? All sorts of thoughts came to mind.
“I should stop playing detective. Secretary Han, what social activities are there to increase a celebrity’s favorability?”
“I think we can prepare various things. …There’s one place I have deep ties with, and if it’s alright with you, how about doing volunteer work there?”
A place with deep ties. I threw out a light comment to ventilate the heavy atmosphere, and an answer came right away.
“Where is that place?”
“It’s an orphanage in the Gyeonggi-do area.”
“Really? Secretary Han knows so many things. Can you give me information related to there?”
“Young Master, if you’re thinking of going, how about I accompany you? Since it’s a place I know well, I think I can be of help to Young Master.”
‘What is he saying? Ah, no.’
If I go there with Seo Hanryul, there’s a high probability Lee Dojun will follow. If Han Woojin also goes, Han Woojin and Lee Dojun will meet there. If that happens, I’ll be able to read the atmosphere between the two.
‘Let’s go and catch something.’
