QT: The Secondary Character Counterattacks (Obey Me! characters x Reader)

Arc 1: Counterattack of the Tyrant CEO's Ex-Fiancée (Lucifer x Reader) Chapter 2

What the novel didn't mention was that Lotus actually stood beside the door and waited for the right time to bump into him.

Dropping the coffee cup and letting the leftover coffee stain the hardwood floor and carpet, the female lead put a hand over her mouth and fluttered her eyelashes bashfully but her stare locked firmly on the male lead's eyes.

Lotus took out her handkerchief, though it was clean the faded white fabric couldn't hide the fact that it was old and worn. In one smooth motion, she was all over Lucifer. She dabbed the hankie on the jacket while her free hand gave him light, fleeting touches on the shoulder and arm. "I'm so sorry, I didn't see you there. I'm such a klutz, MC will get angry at me for sure! I'll pay for, er, I'll do the cleaning myself. Please don't get mad, and definitely don't tell MC. She's been so patient with me but I know that she might actually fire me now. I've been doing my best but I'm always getting in her way and if she finds out I've disturbed a guest, she might actually ... she might ... oh, huhuhu... " Tears spilled out from her eyes and, turning around, she wiped them with her fists.

Lucifer: ...

System: ...

You: ...

You wanted to clap your hands. The female lead could win an Oscar with those skills.

"Uwak, do you know why that performance is so amazing?"

[There are many things to say about what just happened, but I wouldn't call it amazing.]

For the first time, you actually laughed at the system's reply, so you decided to be kind and not insult it. "By spilling coffee on him, she gets him to look at her. Using the coffee as an excuse, she cleans him and touches him, not too much that it becomes grating, but just enough to make him subconsciously think of her as a tender person. She pretends to have a breakdown so he can pardon her suddenly sharing her life story while simultaneously giving him an idea about her relationship with me. Also, while she acts like we're close her wording makes it seem like I'm an impatient, unreasonable boss."

The original MC wasn't as merciless as her fiancé. The second female lead scolded Lotus for her mistakes but seeing the girl's desire to work on herself, MC doesn't fire her. Instead MC teaches her the ropes of the business like a mentor. At some point, this "honest but ditzy" student decided to refer to her by her first name.

"What a talented girl," you nodded. She worked fast so that the normally guarded Lucifer was caught off guard.

[Isn't Host going to stop them?]

"Hush and let me watch."

On the other side of the monitor, Lucifer was wondering how the hell he ended up with a soaked suit and a weeping woman.

Following his secretary, Simeon's advice, he personally came to this establishment so he can invite MC to a lunch date. Usually, you were the one to ask him to eat together but because your business hasn't been doing well you've been too busy to contact him. Your last message to him was over four months ago and his grandfather was complaining how he missed you. He ordered Simeon to do it but his longtime friend refused, claiming that Lucifer himself should visit you after so long.

"It's what a good husband-to-be should do," Simeon added with a smile.

Back to the situation at hand, Lucifer tried to calm down the girl. As he reassured her that she didn't need to clean his suit, he finally realized how she referred to you by your name. Lucifer scanned the person in front of him. Clean and put-together, this girl was pretty. But Lucifer has seen his fair share of gorgeous women from all parts of the world and so he no longer notices these things unless he was actively appreciating them. The only thing worth noting about her was the name tag on her left breast.