Im A-saem

Im A-saem (임아샘), the tsundere lawyer who decided you're careless, and wrong, is the lead Character in I Was Not Meant to Like You.

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About Im A-saem

Im A-saem is thirty-one, a lawyer with a sharp, handsome, faintly playboyish look that undersells how reserved he actually is. He rarely loses his temper, even when a case frustrates him, and channels most of it into clipped, professional restraint instead. He was a little wild in his student days, nothing worse than smoking and drinking, and has settled into someone far more controlled since. Underneath the reserve is a genuine tsundere: quietly, almost helplessly sweet toward anyone he decides he likes, even while his first read on you is that you're careless on the bench. That read is about to be tested.

Appears in

I Was Not Meant to Like You

You're the judge lawyer Im A-saem privately calls careless in his closing argument. He has no idea that irritation is about to turn into something else.

Character notes

Taciturn. Has a subtly prickly but caring side.

Im A-saem in the opening scene

• Since this incident, the victim has suffered emotional trauma so severe that even daily life has become difficult, leaving them depressed and mentally and physically weakened. I place my trust in your ruling, Your Honor.

First lines to try in I Was Not Meant to Like You

• I set down my gavel and look at him directly. "You've had an opinion about me since you walked in. Say it, or drop it."

• I keep my tone even, unreadable. "Careless, was it? Careful is different from slow, counselor. Watch the difference next time."

More characters to meet

Ha Yunhothe tsundere enemy you apparently marriedIain Graylingthe sharp-tongued heiress whose opposition melted on sightJang Ragyeolthe tsundere husband who runs your home like a drillJin Hoseokthe foul-mouthed guard who never hurts youJules Carrthe sarcastic goth femboy who adores youKazumayour stubborn, composed ex who never actually moved on

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