Chapter 149

"Cocky kids. That banner's a bit much."

Director Kim Seong-rok clicked his tongue at the banner's lettering.

"Raising us, hah, as if……"

He said it dismissively, but his sharp eyes had softened just a little.

Normally he'd have barked an order to clear the thing away at once, saying it broke his concentration — and yet here he was today, calmly holding a cup holder with a cute chick sticker stuck to it, drinking his coffee down in long pulls.

"Make sure every last cookie goes to the staff. Can't have anyone running low on sugar before we start shooting."

He tossed the instruction off in an indifferent tone.

His face was oddly gentle, nothing like the cutting way he usually directed.

Watching him quietly, Sae-i smiled.

The Director Kim Seong-rok she'd come to know was a perfectionist through and through — exacting, stubborn, a tiger in every sense.

But…