Haneul kept texting.
[Sky] 08:21 AM:
your cologne is still in my nose
my soul is sneezing
[Sky] 08:25 AM:
tried to eat oatmeal. failed.
your mouth ruined me. it’s your fault.
fix it.
[Sky] 08:32 AM:
i hope you're pretending to work
because i’m definitely pretending to study
also i keep drawing your stupid eyebrows in the margin
Seungho’s mouth quirked—just slightly.
Across the room, Jaewan looked up from a presentation slide with the air of a man who had seen this train barreling toward him for months.
“Are you going to pretend I can’t see you smiling at your phone?”
“I’m not smiling.”
“You’re internally combusting in slow motion.”
“Do you want to finish your report or be reassigned to logistics?”
Jaewan ignored the threat. “Look, I’m glad you’ve finally made a move on the chaos elf, really. You look… less dead. Which is new.”
Seungho raised a brow. “And?”
“And,” Jaewan sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose, “I’m also tracking the political fallout of you rejecting the Jang family and letting Hye-jin go cold within the same quarter.”
A pause.
“You think it’ll matter?”
“I think,” Jaewan said carefully, “that you’ve made it matter. And I think anyone who saw you just now would know exactly who got under your skin.”
Seungho didn’t need to answer.
His phone buzzed again.
[Sky] 08:41 AM:
if you ignore me i’ll post a review on your CEO skills
1 star. too many secrets. would not recommend.
also I licked your toothbrush accidentally. oops.
