Chapter 193

"What, were you expecting people to tell you you're cute a lot?"

Sae-i shot the line back in Seo Se-ryeong's signature arrogant tone.

"Hardly."

"What?"

"If you'd said you hear it often, that would've been the strange part."

"Hey, you — Woo Do-un!"

Yoo Min-seung didn't push back against the heat of that; he naturally took a step back and let the tension absorb into him.

To begin with, the role of "Woo Do-un" wasn't one that demanded particularly difficult acting.

All it really required was standing beside the insufferable female lead, Seo Se-ryeong, catching her emotional beats, and quietly keeping pace with her, step for step.

If anything, someone like Yoo Min-seung — with his clean, unshowy style of easing the weight off and supporting his scene partner — was a far better fit as the partner in a work that was, essentially, a one-woman show for its female…