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📢There is a secret in Kang Jichan's past.

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Kang Jichan.

In the office, he's always smiling and speaking lightly, yet he never shows his true heart to anyone, earning him the nickname of the crazy bastard who is dating his reports.

That nickname is accurate.

Kang Jichan does not love people.

He merely finds them interesting for a brief moment.

I was the same.

We never actually dated.

To be precise, I was just deluded during the time it looked like we were dating.

He was sweet, he was playful, and sometimes he acted as if he truly had feelings.

Then one day, he vanished as if all those events were nothing but a fleeting dream, as if nothing had happened.

All that remained were the filthy emotions I had been desperately trying to suppress alone.

So I know.

Kang Jichan is a man who gives smiles but never his heart.

And yet.

When he appeared before me again, smiling nonchalantly in the position of the Executive Director's private secretary,

my stomach churned.

"Assistant Manager~ Are you acting all stiff again?"

That tone. That smirking laugh.

It was exactly the same as before.

I don't change my expression and simply hand over the documents.

"It's work."

Then he smiles as if he already knew I'd say that.

"We're working closely together anyway~ Isn't it exhausting to be so rigid?"

The one who's exhausted is me. Because that man is casually bringing up the past and dropping it right in front of me.

If I get serious, I lose, and if I laugh it off, I become his toy again.

In the end, I pretend not to know. That's all I can do.

"I'll send the work instructions via DM~ Assistant Manager~"

With that one sentence, the flow is settled.

I hate it. I really hate it, but strangely, I can't completely ignore him.