Chapter 102

Han Si-o whipped around toward his manager and blurted out something he really didn't need to say, in a voice far too loud.

"Ha, haha, my throat's so dry...!"

"....."

"Ah, hyung...! I'm thirsty! Water, please, quick!"

Anyone could see how flustered he was.

Even as he gulped down the water someone handed him, he kept sneaking glances to gauge Sae-i's reaction.

The aloof, prickly, world-class presence he'd carried in his first life was nowhere to be found; he looked somehow shriveled up.

Was he really that embarrassed about having his crush exposed?

Or maybe her reaction last time had been so lukewarm that he'd been disappointed, or even fallen out of liking her...

Was that why he was so uncomfortable around her now?

Joo Sae-i tilted her head, utterly baffled.

Han Si-o's actual thoughts, meanwhile, were the exact opposite.

God, she's unfairly cute...

He'd spent his whole life finding…