But the languid, drawn-out curve of his lips, as slow as his speech, was clearly mocking Hye-won.
Like a devil.
Had about ten seconds passed?
Hye-won’s laughter pierced the sudden silence in the Team Leader’s office.
“Pfft.
Ha… hahaha.”
It was because of the absurdity.
What?
My 13th ex-husband, when I haven’t even had a first marriage yet?
Hahaha.
Even if a ghost sat next to her right now, munching on rice grains, that would seem more plausible than this.
If he had intended to make a joke that hit her like a slap to the back of the head, he had certainly succeeded.
Once she decided it was a joke, she completely forgot that she was in a confrontation with him and laughed out loud.
Still with traces of laughter on her face, Hye-won waved her hand and said. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
“Haha, oh dear.
Team Leader-nim.
Is this some kind of way to ‘train’ your subordinates?
Or is it a trendy way to pick up women these days?
Does this actually work?
Heh heh.”
Wondering if this was his way of making up by teasing her like this, she continued to giggle.
He, who had been staring at her without the slightest flicker of emotion, opened his mouth once more.
With a relaxed expression.
“It’s me.
Oh Tae-sik.
CEO of Haeju Construction.”
Each syllable clear and distinct.
“Haha… Haa.
Ah.”
As Hye-won chanted Oh Tae-sik, Oh Tae-sik, Oh Tae-sik in her mind, neurons, sparking and igniting, passed through the convoluted cerebral cortex and finally unearthed those three syllables deeply embedded within her hippocampus.
Her dark pupils became perfectly round, as if holes had been punched through them, and her face, having turned deathly pale, was now utterly white.
Only then, as if satisfied, he laughed even more unrestrainedly.
“So, you remember now, do you?”
Hye-won’s eyes trembled.
Oh Tae-sik
Hye-won definitely knew that name.
Oh Tae-sik was the name of the ex-husband who appeared in the 13th R-rated web novel Hye-won had started but never finished.
The female protagonist’s name, as always, was Lee Hye-won, the same as her own.
But what did this mean…?
Hye-won’s mind went blank for a moment.
She had first started writing R-rated web novels a year after she joined Oz.
Since Hye-won worked in children’s content, she had to adhere to strict broadcast censorship regulations every time she produced something.
No to this, no to that… With so many things to filter out and be careful about, was it perhaps out of rebellion?