"I'm actually in love with someone else."
The room fell silent.
Like 'Netflix paused during a dramatic reveal' silent.
Hold up.
Did I hear that right?!
MR. JEON.
LIKES. SOMEONE?!?!
This man has emotions?
Feelings?!
Since when?!
I thought he was built entirely out of coffee, sarcasm, and Excel sheets!
But wait—
Is that the main concern right now?!?
NO.
The main concern is the humiliating trap my sweet, traitorous family and best friend just dropped me into like a surprise birthday party from hell.
They straight-up shipped me with a man who already has a love life?!
Ew.
Gross.
I mentally cursed every person in this room, especially the ones who share DNA with me.
I turned to glare at my mother, who was now standing stiffly like a shopper who just found out her 75% off coupon had expired at checkout.
I was about to melt right here right now into a tragic little puddle of secondhand embarrassment.
