My Resolve to Be Abandoned

“Just abandon me, CEO.” Back then, I should’ve left it as a one-sided crush. No—Kwon Taejoo… maybe things would’ve been better if I’d never held you in my heart, or even laid eyes on you. “You wanted this.” The lingering feelings I couldn’t let go of ended up cutting me deeply. “I thought you wanted me to pretend not to know. Was I wrong?” As though surrendering at the end of a desperate longing, the confession I let slip was trampled like a rag beneath his cruel scoff.