The Haughty Actress Seeks Out the New Manager
Kim Si-a’s news had spread like wildfire, racing through every corner of JS Entertainment.
It reached even the ears of Lee Sa-rang, whose stock was still soaring.
“Hyung, what’s going on? Kim Si-a… she’s being taken care of in the singer’s room now?”
Lee Sa-rang.
A top-class actress hitting her prime at twenty-eight.
Her arrogant, willful personality was so out of control that even CEO Lee Jong-seok had to shake his head in disbelief.
So when the haughty Sa-rang stormed into Actor Room 1, the entire space grew suddenly chilly.
“Tell me… what happened?”
“Ugh… it’s nothing, really. You don’t have to worry about it.”
“Speak up! Don’t beat around the bush!”
“Sa-rang-ah, don’t think about Kim Si-a. She can’t even keep up with your toes.”
While the chief’s words sounded reassuring, Sa-rang found herself obsessively worried about Kim Si-a.
The cold beauty who looked almost identical to her—both with that elegant, poised mask.
She had even found Si-a somewhat charming when the newcomer first joined.
Before Si-a had snatched away the cosmetics advertisement Sa-rang had been handling.
“Why aren’t you saying anything? Want to see me explode?”
“No, ha… that Jong-seok guy seems completely insane.”
“What? Insane? How can the CEO be insane?”
“I’m seriously speechless. They’ve assigned a new manager to send Kim Si-a to the singer’s room.”
“…A new manager?”
“Yeah, the fresh-faced rookie. They’ve given him full authority or whatever.
So Kim Si-a is out of the picture now. Jong-seok must be planning to drop her.”
‘…What? Jong-seok is… dumping Kim Si-a…?’
Something felt completely off.
The actress who had once held Sa-rang’s schedule in the palm of her hand—until Sa-rang herself had snatched it away out of jealousy—would now be discarded by Jong-seok?
That made zero sense.
‘There must be something else going on… the CEO isn’t that stupid, is he?’
And if Sa-rang had been in Kim Si-a’s shoes, would she have silently accepted such a decision?
If she had, the company would have been toppled several times over.
Or she would have immediately called a press conference and announced her defection.
‘But Kim Si-a is being quiet about it…’
Unlike the clueless chief sitting opposite her, Sa-rang’s instincts told her there was something more.
“Sa-rang-ah, this company seems finished anyway, right? What do you think? Let’s go to Dae Young Planning together, you and I…”
“Oh, shut your damn mouth! Can’t you see I’m thinking? I’m getting annoyed!”
—! The sharp glare from Sa-rang’s cold eyes left the chief with no choice but to close his lips.
Even the countless times the chief had thrown his weight around with underlings, he was completely powerless in front of Sa-rang.
Without her, the defection to Dae Young Planning would be nothing but a mirage.
And all the generous incentives waiting there would vanish.
The chief could only sneak nervous glances at her, his rage simmering beneath the surface.
“So… what’s the name of this new manager?”
“Uh… Kang Min-hyuk, I think. That… tall guy who looks like a useless idiot…”
‘Kang Min-hyuk… Kang Min-hyuk.’
She repeated the name in her mind.
She needed to see the face of this so-called manager at least once.
There was definitely something about him.
And her suspicion would soon be confirmed.
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By the time Sa-rang had grown so curious about him, I was completely unaware, simply admiring the desk girl’s swaying hips.
—gulp… I swallowed my dry saliva and stole glances at her figure.
‘She’s no joke, this desk lady…?’
She sat with her legs crossed, shifting documents on the desk, her lush backside pushed back invitingly.
That tantalizingly rhythmic sway of her voluptuous hips was driving anyone crazy.
‘Wow… this is insane…’
The young, healthy body of twenty-five that had awakened thanks to reporter Lee Ji-yeon.
The thick male hormones surging through it.
Even if my past self was older, controlling it with my will had been impossible.
No, it was thanks to my fat, disgusting past life that I could now control it so easily.
“Ah! Here it is~ Manager!”
Whether she had deliberately done it or not, she leaned forward and handed me the documents.
‘Damn… why are you torturing me like this!’
Not only her ass, but the firm, perky breasts peeking through her loose shirt…
Those soft, cute tits that would fit perfectly in my hand!
My face flushed and my breathing grew ragged.
Whether she noticed my state or not, she presented her face to me with a cute, innocent smile.
“Oh my! Manager, why are you blushing so much?”
Her face was fairly presentable with minimal makeup.
Especially that slightly downturned, adorable eye shape that made her look sweet.
Her hips were wide enough to match the sharp, defined lines of her face.
“May I look?”
—She placed her soft hand on my forehead.
My heart raced like it was about to explode.
“No fever, right?”
The thick male scent wafting from her, mixed with a faint, subtle perfume.
Her innocent smile, pretending not to notice anything, was incredibly stimulating.
I wanted to pin her down and devour her right there.
“Manager! Manager! Are you okay?”
Her hands shaking my shoulder finally brought me back to my senses.
“Ah! I’m sorry… work has been so busy lately, I’ve been out of it…”
“No, it’s fine. But why is Mr. Kim Min-gu’s file here?”
“Uh… I just wanted to chat with you. Nothing to worry about.”
Kim Min-gu.
The security officer who had stopped me during the Kim Director incident.
After receiving authority from the CEO,
the first thing I did was not to steal glances at the desk lady’s ass,
but to find his records.
“Huh? Just a moment, Manager.”
—Whoosh! She straightened my tie and dusted the dust off my shoulder.
“Uh… if you keep doing that…”
“Hm? What do you mean?”
“Getting so close makes me a bit flustered…”
“Pfft!”
Seeing my flustered expression, she let out a soft chuckle.
‘How can a guy be this innocent? How cute…’
Desk lady Kim Su-ah.
She wasn’t as innocent as she looked.
Of course, she wasn’t malicious or anything like that.
She was a calculating woman who knew how to make good use of her looks.
In fact, every awkward situation I had just been in had been carefully orchestrated by her.
‘She’s not bad… I could just grab her and eat her up~?’
Unfortunately, her wish was shattered the moment the next person arrived.
—Click, click, click… The sound of high heels made Kim Su-ah’s expression grow colder.
“Hi, noona~”
Kim Su-ah bowed her head politely, as if she knew her well, her body trembling.
“Eh, Sa-rang-ah? I thought you quit acting…”
“Uh… yes.”
“Good choice. If you can’t act, you need a job. You can’t just rely on your face like some people, right?”
“Yes…? Yes… noona.”
Lee Sa-rang.
The notorious hunter who had been stirring up the entire company to find Kang Min-hyuk had finally arrived at the desk.
And I happened to be standing with my back to her, so I hadn’t noticed her.
I was trying to slip away as quietly as possible.
It was best not to face that disaster bundle head-on…
“Kang Min-hyuk!”
I didn’t hear it. I couldn’t hear it. I was deaf.
Yes, from this moment on, I was going to pretend to be blind and deaf.
Nothing to hear, nothing to see.
I just wanted to escape this place and find Kim Min-gu, my first slave…
No, my first road manager, and head to the land of dreams and happiness.
“Hey, there!”
But I couldn’t ignore her sharp, shrill voice anymore as she shouted for me to leave the company.
‘Shit… that auntie still has no shame…’
And that enormous, sloppy milk-udder too.
“Kang Min-hyuk… isn’t that Kang Min-hyuk? Why are you ignoring people like this…?”
‘She’s still the same… exactly the same.’
I hadn’t given up on Sa-rang because of other reasons.
It was clear China was about to pull out soon, but that had nothing to do with this woman.
The chief was the only one who would be screwed…
Sa-rang would maintain her top position no matter what…
‘Actually, I didn’t catch that woman because…’
“Haa… I’m speechless. You… can’t even hear people… wha?”
It was because this woman was incredibly… extremely… shameless.
‘Haa… I really didn’t want to face her.’
—Whoosh… I turned around and smiled at her with the brightest smile I could manage.
“Wow! Actress Lee Sa-rang. I heard you were coming to the company… I never expected to meet you like this. What an honor.”
“Uh… yeah… I’m happy too. But… manager? You’re not an actor, right…?”
“Yes, it’s me, the new manager Kang Min-hyuk!”
Why is this shameless woman acting like this…?
For some reason, the arrogant, willful Sa-rang was avoiding my gaze, inching away.
‘What? This man… he’s handsome!’
Only now did it finally seem that the doubt I had felt toward Kim Si-a was being cleared up.
‘Si-a, look at that… so she really just stayed quiet because she was looking at the manager’s face…?’
It was a misunderstanding, sure, but there was no denying that element was there.
Kim Si-a had clearly fallen for him, which was why she had entrusted him with full authority.
‘That’s more than enough reason… tall, good build, cool and refreshing mask…”
That was exactly my type, wasn’t it?
Yes…
This arrogant, willful actress had fallen for me.
At first sight, no less.
I asked her my business in the most respectful and gentle voice, completely ignoring that fact.
“But… what can I do for you…?”
“No! I mean… well, I just wanted to have a short conversation with you. It’s fine, right?”
I didn’t want to talk to her for even a second.
But I couldn’t ignore the desk lady’s desperate eyes while she pleaded for help, watching us.
“Ah… of course it’s fine. It would be an honor to speak with Actress Lee Sa-rang.”
“An honor…?”
“Of course~ I’m a huge fan of you!”
Fans? What kind of fans… she acts well, but she needs a decent personality.
It was just a compliment.
I had never actually been a fan of hers.
Well, of course, her works and upcoming projects were crammed full in my head.
I couldn’t remember them at all, and I had been scolded terribly by the retired Kim Young-cheol back then…
“Then follow me. It won’t take long.”
Until that moment, I had no idea.
The place she was dragging me to was Actor Room 1, where Chief Jeong Man-sik was waiting.