She answered softly, but he heard clearly.
His eyes changed the moment he sat up.
“Tell the driver to leave the key and go home.”
Yeon-woo’s heart pounded so hard she could barely breathe.
That night with Tae-han left an unforgettable sensation in Yeon-woo.
She hadn’t known a man’s body could be so strong and beautiful.
“Yeon-woo.”
In his embrace, she experienced an indescribable thrill, her body burning with shared sweat.
Yet she didn’t think he felt the same. It was just that she happened to be there on a night he drank too much.
It was easier to think that way, calming her body and mind after the tempestuous night.
Early morning, the alarm rang vigorously.
Morning light seeped through the partially closed curtains.
“Haah…”
Yeon-woo sighed deeply, pressing her hot eyelids, restless from a sleepless night.
She had dreamt for the first time in a while.
From the day she met Tae-han to the night the child was conceived.
Yeon-woo, taking a deep breath, gave up thinking and got out of bed.
The weather seemed nice again today. The yellow sunlight spraying on her face was dazzling.
While preparing for work, her phone rang. Surprisingly, it was from Sun-ok.
She had planned to contact Sun-ok once her resignation was decided.
“Hello, Mom.”
“Daughter, did you sleep well?”
Sun-ok’s voice, always tender, made Yeon-woo’s expression soften. But the fact that she hadn’t yet shared her situation weighed on her heart. She couldn’t predict Sun-ok’s reaction.
Knowing it wasn’t a call about her situation, Yeon-woo’s heart ached a bit.
“Yes, I slept well. How about you, Mom?”
“I always sleep well. But, can you come home this weekend?”
“Is something up?”
It was rare for Sun-ok to ask her to visit first. Yeon-woo had recently stayed over on vacation.
“Professor’s coming to Korea.”
“The professor? The lady I know?”
Yeon-woo was surprised by the unexpected topic.
Sun-ok’s ‘Professor’ was a neighbor from her childhood who looked after the two of them and was the mother of Gyubin, whose photo decorated Yeon-woo’s desk.
“Yes. You remember her, right? Gyubin mentioned her recently.”
Of course, she remembered. The Professor, sympathetic towards Yeon-woo growing up in a single-parent family, often brought them rice, eggs, and other things. They had parted when the Professor emigrated to the U.S.
“She was asking about you.”
“When did she arrive in Korea?”
“Seems like the day before yesterday. It’s destiny, isn’t it? We agreed to meet this weekend, and I thought it would be nice for you to join.”
“Of course, I’ll come.”
Yeon-woo was relieved they still had a contact in the neighborhood.
“Gyubin’s coming too.”
“Really?”
Yeon-woo’s face brightened with joy.
“He must have grown a lot. I’m curious how he’s changed.”
Gyubin was her classmate and close friend. Their time together was an unforgettable part of her life.
“I’ll come right after work on Friday. Maybe I should bring something delicious.”
“Do that. Bring lots of those Korean desserts you’re good at picking. She’s been in the U.S. for so long, she might not know them.”
The morning, initially heavy, lightened a bit with this pleasant news.
“Alright, see you Friday, Mom.”
“Daughter, even if you’re busy, make sure you sleep and eat well, okay?”
“Yes.”
Yeon-woo was about to hang up, readying for work.
“But there’s nothing wrong, right?”
“Uh?”
Sun-ok’s sudden, unusual question caught her off guard.
“No, why?”
“I had a dream about you last night. Not just this once, so I wondered if something had happened.”
Yeon-woo hesitated, but quickly masked her voice brightly.
“There’s nothing to worry about. I’ll bring Mom’s favorite things on Friday.”
After ending the call, Yeon-woo stood still for a while.
A pang of guilt – was it okay to keep things from Sun-ok?
But she couldn’t stay buried in her emotions forever.
It was time for work.
Just one hour before she had to face Tae-han again.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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