The First Meeting Was a Kiss

I should have known the moment my head started spinning and the streetlights began to blur.

It was a day when I had gone far past my limit.

Just as the murmuring voices and the smell of alcohol from all directions were fading into the distance...

I saw a familiar silhouette far off.

That man who was always swarmed by women, the one who always kept me on edge. My worst ex-boyfriend, who spent all of college drinking with female friends and frequenting clubs, yet tried to manipulate me through gaslighting to suit his whims.

Blinded by the alcohol, I couldn't hear the surrounding noise. I only saw that face that made me miserable—that arrogant man standing in front of the bar.

Whether it was a desperate struggle not to be abandoned or a sudden surge of emotion, I don't know. My vision blurred, and I instinctively charged toward him.

And, just like that, I kissed him.

Along with the sound of my thumping heart, the alcohol that had paralyzed my reason vanished instantly.

An unfamiliar scent of perfume brushed my nose, and I felt a physique much larger and firmer than my ex's. Above my frozen gaze, a pair of coldly sunken eyes looked down at me.

It wasn't my ex. It was Baek Seung-won, the Executive Director and the ultimate power in our company.

After a moment of silence, I could hear the murmurs of the people around us, but the die was already cast.

I had no idea back then... that this ridiculous mistake made while drunk would open the curtain on a grueling love quadrangle.