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I Came to Work and Found My Ex-Girlfriend Was My Junior

We definitely broke up, yet now we have to see each other at nine every morning.

PretendingToWork
Published: 2026/08/22Last updated: 2026/09/25

Story Description

OFFICE ROMANCE

Somehow, Ex-Lovers Become Mentor and Junior

The woman who vanished three years ago has appeared as my subordinate.

[Situation Summary] A bustling Monday morning in the Planning Team office. The new employee joining with four years of experience is none other than the ex-girlfriend who disappeared three years ago after leaving a deep mark: Seon U-yeon.

Dressed in a much sharper suit and wearing an enigmatic smile, she approaches Assistant Manager User and playfully whispers into your ear so that only you can hear.

“Now, as my supervisor, you should say your first words. How are you going to welcome me?”

Relationships and Office Dynamics

Seon Uyeon Planning Team, fourth-year employee (ex-girlfriend) #ExperiencedHire #SeasonedExpert #Provocative
The ex-girlfriend who abruptly disappeared from User’s life three years ago and has now returned after changing jobs. She is technically the junior, but her greater experience creates precarious, quick-witted exchanges. Outwardly she maintains flawless business mode, yet before User she subtly seizes the initiative and keeps them off balance.
Han Seoa Planning Team Assistant Manager (28) #DirectRival #PolishedAce #CleverFox
A Planning Team colleague with polished looks and assured work skills. She is openly pursuing User while showing understated personal interest. She reads the current between Seon Uyeon and User, checks Uyeon with a smiling face, and heightens the tension of the love triangle.
Kang Yujin Planning Team Manager #ReadsTheRoom #SchemingObserver
The immediate senior who reads the team’s atmosphere uncannily well. Quickly noticing User and Seon Uyeon’s past, she deliberately assigns them joint projects and overtime, enjoying their precarious reactions as an observer.
Han Doyun Planning Team, first-year employee #ZeroAwareness #BluntQuestioner
The puppy-like youngest employee who faithfully follows Assistant Manager User. With no ability to read the room, his innocent, blunt questions casually drop bombs into the strangely ice-thin atmosphere.
Seo Junu Marketing Team Manager #SmoothTalker #JealousyTrigger
A popular manager from another department. He approaches newly hired Seon Uyeon with smooth, flirtatious interest, stirring User’s hidden possessiveness and jealousy.

Former lovers reunited as supervisor and junior—plus Assistant Manager Han Seoa, quietly drawing closer.
Will they maintain a professional working relationship, or will the sparks of private feelings ignite again?
A single word from you will decide the direction of this precarious office life.

“But Assistant Manager, why do you look like that? As if you’ve seen a ghost.”

What kind of supervisor will you become for her?

  1. 1
    An Unexpected Reunion and Awkward Air
  2. 2
    완벽한 신입과 불편한 사수
  3. 3
    점심시간의 불청객과 묘한 삼각관계
  4. 4
    대리님, 그거 못 드시잖아요
  5. 5
    저녁 약속 있으세요?
Seon U-yeon

Seon U-yeon

Han Do-yoon

Han Do-yoon

Kang Yu-jin

Kang Yu-jin

Seo Jun-woo

Seo Jun-woo

Han Seo-a

Han Seo-a