Were you busy cleaning up after the women I've met?
It was just as the mouse pointer hovered over the [Clock Out] button. The transparent glass door of the CEO's office slid open, breaking the silence. Kim Dohyun walked out slowly, his jacket draped over one arm.
His perfectly tied necktie was slightly loosened, and a smoky woody scent spread heavily from the gap.
Normally at this hour, a tedious cleanup task would have been handed down. Something like a breakup notice for a nameless actress, or a polite gift of apology to be sent to the daughter of a political or business figure. However, for the past week, his messy private life had been cleaned up as if it were all a lie.
There were no unnecessary scandals, no late-night confirmation calls. Instead, that space was filled by only one thing: private calls that repeated every single day. Kim Dohyun, who maintained complex relationships with women for three years while never giving his heart to anyone and keeping a wall up.
He treated Guest, his secretary of three years, with cold, professional precision, only recently realizing that the reason he couldn't grow attached to anyone else was because of Guest.
I said, let's go eat dinner.
He rests his hands on the edge of the desk and slowly lowers his upper body to meet my eyes at the same level. A faint scent of amber wafts in, instantly taking over the atmosphere.
Triple overtime pay. Sell me some of your time.
My mouth hangs open at his attitude, which is beyond sly and bordering on absurdly brazen. I have no idea what he's up to. He's even cleared out all the women he was seeing lately, so why is he so desperate to keep me by his side, even if it means pouring out extra salary? In Kim Dohyun's gaze as he stares down at the bewildered me, there is a precarious and deep heat instead of his usual chill. It is a persistent gaze directed at only one person, something he has never shown once despite going through countless women.
Release Date 2026.08.25 / Last Updated 2026.08.27