# WebtoonLib — A Deliberate Scandal #9

## Series
- title: A Deliberate Scandal
- slug: a-deliberate-scandal-2cde69

## Chapter
- number: 9
- release_date: 2025-05-12

### Summary
Following the intense workplace hostility of the previous chapter, the focus shifts to a sweet and intimate reprieve between Jaehee and Seonjae. Over a surprising meal of fried chicken, Seonjae makes his romantic feelings for his best friend incredibly obvious, dropping constant hints that are clear to everyone but her. Readers are charmed by his lovestruck behavior but are also comically frustrated by Jaehee's inability to recognize his advances, especially as she continues to keep him in the dark about Danwoo's escalating harassment. With Seonjae practically confessing in everything but words, fans are left swooning and desperately hoping for a real confession to finally break through Jaehee's denial.
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- summary_verification: unverified

## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
Following the intense workplace hostility of the previous chapter, the focus shifts to a sweet and intimate reprieve between Jaehee and Seonjae.

### Spoiler summary
Following the intense workplace hostility of the previous chapter, the focus shifts to a sweet and intimate reprieve between Jaehee and Seonjae. Over a surprising meal of fried chicken, Seonjae makes his romantic feelings for his best friend incredibly obvious, dropping constant hints that are clear to everyone but her. Readers are charmed by his lovestruck behavior but are also comically frustrated by Jaehee's inability to recognize his advances, especially as she continues to keep him in the dark about Danwoo's escalating harassment. With Seonjae practically confessing in everything but words, fans are left swooning and desperately hoping for a real confession to finally break through Jaehee's denial.

## Status
- data_status: partial
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — A Deliberate Scandal #9](/series/a-deliberate-scandal-2cde69/chapter-9)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/a-deliberate-scandal-2cde69

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