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The video was taken down within 24 hours, but there had been enough time for it to be saved and shared even beyond the Astral platform. Jiseol's eyebrows were knitted together as she scrolled down the article posted on a mainstream news website. The faces of the lecturer and the student couldn't be seen, the name of the university also left anonymous, but the school's reputation was being threatened and Astral might have to take the blame.
It was the school scandal of the year, and they had no idea who did it.
Jiseol switched her phone off and set it aside on the dining table, using her chopsticks to toy around with her food. Her head was beginning to spin; what if Astral would have to be discontinued because of this? Being an editor, and future editor-in-chief if you must, was the most interesting thing that Jiseol had going on in her life, as sad as it may sound. It was the one thing that she had to boost her resume too. Especially after investing so much time and energy into the paper, she was going to be devastated if anything happened to it.
Her headache was coming and going, and the strongest one was when her less than pleasant roommate stepped out of the bathroom. In nothing but a towel loosely wrapped around his waist.
Jiseol couldn't say she had never imagined situations like this upon agreeing to live with a man—if anything, it was one of the reasons why she strongly refused to live with anyone she found hot—and she had encountered several similar, awkward moments during her short stay at Jisung's place. In the past week or so they had been roommates, Donghyuck didn't seem to enjoy walking around shirtless like most boys she knew and didn't even wear sleeveless shirts, hence the surprise she felt when she saw him half-naked for the first time.
And with the way his body was sculpted, it felt like a sin for Jiseol to be staring the way she was. He wasn't totally ripped, but he was buff enough for her taste and she hated that she couldn't take her eyes away. She wasn't supposed to have her eyes glued to the droplets from his still wet hair rolling down his bare back. All it took was a single reminder of how her ex-boyfriend accused her of being unfaithful from checking out other men, and she immediately diverted her gaze to her near empty bowl.
Jiseol thought (read: hoped) that Donghyuck didn't notice her staring. But from the ever present arrogant smirk on his face, she knew she'd put her hopes up too high. Donghyuck placed both hands on the chair opposing her, intentionally flexing his toned arms that would have had Jiseol drooling if it had been any other guy. She looked so exasperated from finding him attractive and he wanted to milk every second of it.
"Just stare if you want," Donghyuck tilted his head, looking at Jiseol though she was turned to the side, using one hand to block the sight of his upper body.
"I'm sure your boyfriend won't mind. If anything, he should mind that you're living with such a hot piece of ass like myself. Which brings me to the question—"
Jiseol winced. "I was not staring. Also, we broke up, so I'll hurt you if you ever bring him up."
"You broke up with that pretty boy?" Donghyuck's eyes shined. Completely uninvited and ignoring Jiseol's threat, he didn't bother putting at least a shirt on before falling into the seat next to Jiseol's. It had been a long time since she'd last been in such close proximity to a half-naked man, and a godforsaken attractive one at that, she couldn't help the blush that rose to her cheeks.
