I Abandoned the Male Lead Who Cheated with the Villainess - Chapter 18
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“Alright, everyone, let’s applaud.”
Despite Johann’s enthusiastic voice, the applause from the staff sounded rather lukewarm.
As the only successful applicant in this year’s public recruitment was Ivonne. The sudden employment proved to be what they commonly referred to as a ‘parachute hire.’ Therefore, everyone had already labeled Rix as someone not worthy of attention.
With his thick, black hair giving off a suffocating feeling, and his inability to make eye contact and constantly looking down, he appeared timid. Additionally, his pale and bloodless face was so obscured behind his thick glasses that it was barely visible.
The only notable feature was his tall stature, but his slouching posture often masked that advantage. Hence, the male employees subtly disregarded Rix, even if he was a parachute hire, while the female employees remained disinterested.
Amidst this, Ivonne, known as the ‘perfect ‘maid’ and implicitly acknowledged as the most beautiful woman in the palace, clapped enthusiastically.
“Wow, welcome.”
As if trying to dispel this embarrassing and awkward atmosphere, she spoke even more fervently with her applause ringing out.
When Ivonne, who was called the flower of the internal affair department, where people would be willing to make lame excuses just to catch a glimpse of her from afar, greeted Rix so warmly, the others couldn’t help but join in with their applause.
“Let’s work well together in the future.”
“If you have any questions, feel free to ask at any time.”
The individuals who had been acting cautiously, not caring about whoever was behind Rix, each made a comment to break the tension. They were all dying for attention from Ivonne, who had won the title of “the first commoner maid to score perfect marks”.
“….”
Rix, who was awkwardly standing beside Johann, just bowed his head without saying anything. Some people’s eyes and mouths twitched at his behavior, but most of them just gave a look as if to say, “Well, that’s that,” as if they had found another lackey to step on.
“Okay, then let’s get back to work.”
“Yes.”
“Yes, sir.”
With Johann’s efficient conclusion, people promptly returned to their seats. Ivonne, too, was about to return to her seat after clapping her hands so much that her palms hurt, but Johann called her.
“By the way, Ivonne.”
“Yes, Department Head.”
“I don’t know if you heard, but Rix is under your supervision.”
“Oh, really?”
Ivonne’s eyes widened like the freshness of early summer. At the sound of her voice, the male employees who had been sitting hunched over suddenly looked up.
“I still have a lot to learn, but is that okay?”
“There’s a saying that you learn as you teach. What you’ve done in the past six months has been absolutely perfect. So I’m sure you’ll handle it just fine, Ivonne.”
Although Ivonne looked a little taken aback, Johann insisted. His soft charisma was so strong that Ivonne was inwardly flustered, but she nodded her head.
“Yes, please leave it to me.”
At her words, several male colleagues sighed with envy and regret.
As Ivonne led Rix, who had been standing quietly by Johann’s side, back to her seat, she said.
“Rix, for now, you can use the seat next to me. Seeing that there’s no other seat here, it seems they intended to place you next to me from the beginning.”
Ivonne didn’t really care about the others. She had been so bewildered by the astronomical coincidence of her neighbor from yesterday, having met him for the first time yesterday and even had dinner together to join the palace as her subordinate.
“Well, today… Oh, right. Shall we explore the palace together?”
“…..The palace?”
Ivonne’s question was casual, but the response was overly serious. At the same time, Ivonne’s heart sank heavily. It was due to the resonant voice that she had found fascinating yesterday as well.
‘It goes well with the face of the man….I saw in the dream…’
An absurd and gruesome thought suddenly occurred to her. When Ivonne didn’t respond, Rix, wearing thick glasses that made his eyes opaque, tilted his head slightly.
As a result, his messy bangs fell diagonally, almost covering half of his glasses. It was strange. Despite his messy bangs, his thick eyebrows were neatly groomed, giving off a masculine vibe.
‘Really, what is this…?’
Suddenly, she recalled his back, which remained unchanged no matter how far he got.
It occurred to her belatedly that if his appearance remained the same even at a distance, his physique must have grown as he moved away. And that figure seemed to resemble the man she had seen in her dream.
‘Or… does Rix widen his hunched shoulders?’
Lost in thought, Ivonne didn’t answer while only looking at Rix’s hunched shoulders, which filled Rix’s face with confusion.
“Ivonne?”
Thanks to the low voice calling her name, Ivonne managed to snap out of her daze. She nodded belatedly and replied.
“Well, this will be your workplace from now on. It might be good to get to know the way around and familiarize yourself with the departments that have frequent interactions. What do you think?”
Rix simply nodded in response. However, unlike yesterday, there was no sense of grace or arrogance.
Was that the reason? Ivonne worried that if she left it alone, it might cause a big problem later on.
“You know, Rix, it’s not a big deal for me, but it’s better to respond verbally in front of other staff.”
“Ah… yes.”
His low voice trailed off as if scraping the floor. The sensation was enough to make her stomach tickle, so Ivonne thought it was a good idea to attach the condition: “I shouldn’t care.”
