When they were fourteen, they met at an after-school English class. She hadn't memorized the vocabulary and asked him for help.
He pretended not to hear and didn't even look at her, but quietly lowered the arm he'd been using to block the edge of the desk.
When they were eighteen, she told him everything, no matter how trivial.
He acted as if she'd never seen the world, but responded to every single thing she said.
When they were twenty-six, eight years later, she ran into him again in the emergency stairwell at work.
She was crying. He said, expressionless, that she looked ugly when she cried, but reached out to wipe away her tears.
He was the "Expert at Getting on Her Nerves" in her contacts, yet he comforted her time and again.
She said, "You know, I used to like you."
He asked, "And what about now?"
A sharp-tongued yet gentle male lead x a sweet yet strong-willed female lead
Faux workplace drama, real romance
If it's not sweet, you don't pay
Theme: Standing as equals and growing together
