A satisfied nuance was embedded in the man’s deep, low voice.
“I finally found you, Lee Hye-won.”
Hye-won stared at Team Leader Seo with widely dilated pupils.
Found me…?
Me?
What is he talking about?
His words made no sense whatsoever.
Team Leader Seo, leaning back fully in his chair with his arms crossed, was looking at her, his head tilted askew.
If, until a moment ago, he had been a cold but upright person who maintained formal etiquette and boundaries, the man before her now exuded a completely disheveled and unruly aura.
But even more incomprehensible than his words was his expression.
Just a moment ago, he had acted angrily, as if he were about to pick a fight with her.
But now, he was smiling chillingly at her, his eyes full of ecstasy.
As if he had met someone truly welcome.
It was like the gaze of a predator who had found unexpected prey, or a loan shark who had just cornered a runaway debtor in the middle of the street.
Hye-won was quite flustered by his completely changed demeanor.
“You found… me?”
He said, still with one corner of his mouth lazily turned up.
“Don’t you know me?”
Hye-won, who still couldn’t grasp what was happening, answered with a blank expression.
“I do.
And we met for the first time today, Team Leader Seo Woo-jin…”
At her answer, he chuckled, wiggling one eyebrow, and shook his head emphatically.
“Aw.
That’s disappointing.
I thought you’d recognize me right away…”
What?
Watching him say even stranger things, Hye-won’s blank expression gradually hardened.
Maintaining direct eye contact with Hye-won, he smoothly leaned his body closer to the table and spoke.
Your 13th ex-husband.”
He grinned as he said it.
Hye-won’s eyes widened once again.
She realized then that even a handsome face could wear such a chilling smile.
When a person is too shocked, rather than jumping, they become blank.
Hye-won was currently trying to understand the words of the man tilting his head askew in front of her.
“Huh?
What did you just say?”
“I said, your 13th ex-husband.
Me.”
He leaned back again, as if to carefully observe her reaction.
Even while saying such unrealistic things, the man was perfectly calm, and his eyes were innocent, as if he were speaking the absolute truth.
Even after hearing the same words twice, she still wore an expression of incomprehension, yet the man smiled faintly.
In that smile, there was a sense of leisure, as if he would wait as long as it took for her to understand.