“Damn it.”

I scratched my head awkwardly as the gazes poured in.

I didn’t expect it to unravel this quickly.

Forcing a smile didn’t help—no one laughed. Instead, their eyes were wide open, all focused solely on me.

The attention was overwhelming.

‘Wait, is this really something to be so shocked about?’

I honestly couldn’t understand why they were so surprised.

‘Why the hell couldn’t they do something this simple?’

They kept making excuses about why this wouldn’t work or why that wouldn’t work, dragging things out unnecessarily.

I just couldn’t wrap my head around it.

‘Is this really that …