Corporate receptionist Fumino Nakatani is allergic to handsome men. After her ex-boyfriend's betrayal traumatized her, glaring at handsome men became a reflex. She still loves them and wants to fix her reflex, but she doesn't know how-until she meets Jin Tokiwa, the hottest guy she's ever seen, and the president of the parent company that owns Fumino's workplace. However, Jin has a problem of his own. Every time he makes eye contact with a woman, he gets sick! Yet somehow, he can handle Fumino's glares, so he asks her to help him cure his fear of women. She agrees and joins his administrative team, but then he asks her to live with him! When Jin gives her a list of things he needs to learn to do with women, she realizes her task is much more complicated than she thought.
A PROPOSAL OF A LIFETIME Hari Shin has officially hit rock bottom. After being worked to the bone at her office job, meeting her long time crush's girlfriend, and helping to pay off her family's debt, she's 0 for 3 with work, love, and money. Luckily, her friend Yeongsuh has a business proposal for her: go on an arranged date in her stead, and Hari will receive a hefty compensation. Things grow complicated, however, when the other party turns out to be her new CEO-and he's got a proposal of his own!
I am unable to resist the elite pilot's skillful love tactics! The cool and composed pilot suddenly transforms into someone who is hopelessly in love!I had vowed never to fall for a pilot, but with his tender and at times intense displays of affection, I can't help but feel my heart flutter at his overwhelming advances.
Serina, a twenty-eight-year-old airport concierge, prioritizes her work and hasn't been in a relationship for a while. Amid her busy days, she has a fateful encounter at a cafe with Hajime, who is seven years older than her. He seems cool at first, but once they get closer, he flashes a sweet smile. Serina begins to feel a spark she hasn't experienced in a long time. However, she later meets Hajime again at her workplace, where he works as a co-pilot. But Serina has a reason why she absolutely cannot fall in love with a pilot!
This relationship was supposed to be over, but he won't stop coming on to me!
Aya Nanakura, a former member of a high-class family, left her parents' home when she broke off her engagement and began working at a shipping company. Just when she was finally getting used to her job, she was suddenly transferred to the C-suite secretarial pool and ordered to be the vice president's secretary. When she met the vice president for the first time, she realized that he was her ex-fiance, Minato Kurosaki! He was as kind as always, and the feelings she thought she had gotten over began to come back... Aya vowed not to mix her professional and private lives, but Minato asked to get back together with her!
Mao, a 34 year old office worker, always dreamed of getting married, but her boyfriend of five years dumped her before she turned 30 and she's boyfriendless ever since. However, she's determined to get married by the age of 35. One day, Yuito, the 28 year old office ace and Mao's trainee in the same department, confesses his love to her. Mao, who had a faint liking for him but had given up because of the age difference, is elated, but... Yuito is a man who has no desire to get married! In today's world where options overflow, what choice will Mao and Yuito make?
"This bar is an affection gauge?! Then this must be one of those unlockable CG shots!!" Yuka loves playing otome games, and somehow the real world has suddenly started working just like the game menus she's been used to all this time! Going forward, she's got to figure out how to navigate her life with events being triggered and handsome men chasing after her. At work she's caught up with a charming but flirty coworker, an aggressive boss with fiery looks, and a junior colleague with a mean streak... after so long thinking there would never be a chance with any of them, the scenarios just keep on coming!
"Would you agree to a lover's contract with me?" Hikari Nakasawa works in the sales department of her company... and has secretly been infatuated with her boss Mr. Irie, a married man. One day, Hikari finds him looking troubled on the phone... and after taking advantage of the situation, the two sleep together. However, upon leaving the hotel, they happen to be spotted by Suguru Aoyama... a coworker of Hikari's! To keep his mouth shut, Aoyama proposes that Hikari becomes his "fake lover"... what choice does she have? At the same time, Aoyama seems to have some love life matters of his own going on...?!
Kotori Kuramoto works in general affairs at her company. Her motto, "Work Smarter, not harder" has kept her relaxed as she's always turning down promotions offered by her superiors. One day, a top sales planner in the makeup sales department Kotori knows, Kyoko Shiramine, comes to her with an offer out of nowhere: transfer to the sales department, and work under the top hair and makeup artist who is also the heir to the corporation, Hayato Kirishima...! With enough pressure Kotori agrees, but how will the two manage with their polar opposite work styles and attitudes...?!
When I woke up... I was in the bed of my handsome junior colleague! A sweet and delicious love story between a tough girl and a guy who cooks!
"It was my first time. You have to take responsibility."
Ichiko wakes up hungover and finds herself in the same bed as Yamada, her coworker. What on Earth happened last night? She can't remember at all! Yamada is popular at their company, but since she took his first time, she has to eat dinner with him every night! A strange relationship begins between the two, who are not even dating, and Ichiko's heart begins to waver...
"I won't allow you to leave me." The CEO will show his love to his thickheaded secretary physically if he has to!
"Marry me." Ryotaro Saeki, the CEO of a famous company, suddenly proposed to his secretary, Uiko Amane. After that, Uiko's days were filled with the CEO assertively trying to woo her. She'd already been in love with him before but now she was truly having trouble holding her feelings back! But she has a secret that won't allow her to return Ryotaro's feelings...
"I want to make you mine." A private lesson in love with the perfect, handsome CEO.
Kotone has a hard time standing in front of crowds due to a past traumatic event, but a talented and handsome CEO recognizes her abilities and invites her out to dinner. Captivated by the kind smile of the president, who is famous for never smiling, Kotone drinks too much and gets drunk. When she wakes up, she finds herself in a hotel suite! "Did I... spend the night in a hotel with the CEO?"
In a world where humans are thought to be inferior to beastfolk, human office worker Saki Oki endures a constant stream of ridicule and scorn from her beastfolk colleagues and superiors. So when she gets called into the CEO's office, she's prepared for the worst-but instead of firing Saki, the CEO acknowledges her hard work and makes her his private secretary! With all eyes in the office on her, Saki struggles to get used to her new position, not to mention her boss's intimidating-yet oddly charming-aura...
Kannawa-senpai is considered many things, but smooth is definitely not one of them. Then she meets Kamegawa, her new Kouhai. He's cute, a little nerdy, and easy to talk to. How will this awkward Senpai be able to handle these new feelings?!
Takase Tsubaki, a 29 year old saleswoman, isn't good with romance and is still a virgin. She finds herself developing feelings for the rising star in her company, the notorious playboy Azuma Ryuhei. Tsubaki manages to gather up her courage and invite him to spend the night with her at a hotel. He agrees, but things don't work out the way either of them planned...
By day, Uta Kono is working hard to be the best nurse she can be, but there's more to her than meets the eye. In her free time, she loves writing BL (Boys' Love) novels. During her time as a nursing student, she observed the close friendship between Iwasaki and Takeuchi, two talented surgery residents, and decides to model the characters in her stories after them. However, everything takes an unexpected turn when the immensely popular Iwasaki and Takeuchi discover Uta's work. Now she has to face the jealous scorn of her fellow nurses as she gets swept up into even more misunderstandings and romantic intrigue.
A rose desperate to hide her thorns finally blooms in this office romance. Suzu Takamine, the office's unattainable beauty who turns down anyone that asks her to date, is carrying a painful secret. Whenever she tries to be intimate with a man, they faint for some reason. Suzu wants to get married someday, but with her condition ruining her dating life, she's losing hope for any happily ever after. When the office playboy, Kinase, learns of her unbelievable secret, Suzu is shocked to hear him offer his "expert assistance" in resolving her problem. Now she has to decide: Will she give him a try?
Akari is good at her job, beautiful, and her sense of style is beyond compare... but she has a secret. She's almost 30 and she's still a virgin! One fateful day, a new department chief takes over -- the handsome Shinomiya. "You're my subordinate now, which means from today, you have to do what I say." Shinomiya is a condescending bully and he and Akari clash from day one. Akari finds herself drinking her worries away at his welcome party and before she knows what hit her, she's completely smashed. She wakes up the next day to find -- Shinomiya emerging from her bathroom half naked?!?! Thus begins Akari's comedic office romance with her callous new boss!
*This volume compiles ch. 1-6 of "From Zero to Office Romance"