“……”
From the moment they first met, he was a man who knew not of hesitation. His speech was short, clear, and filled with conviction; his actions lacked any superfluous movement.
But now, he was silently closing his mouth. His troubled face seemed strangely unfamiliar.
Could it have been a misunderstanding to think that he was concerning himself with me? Seeing TaeSang’s unfamiliar expression for the first time, the calm pupils of DaJeong rapidly fluttered.
DaJeong quickly cut her question in half.
“Do you… care about me?”
“Yes, I do.”
His answer was surprisingly clear.
“Why?”
“……”
Silence ensued again. For some reason, he was furrowing his fine forehead as if in deep thought.
It didn’t seem like he was evading the answer, so waiting seemed to be the right thing to do. DaJeong stared into his deepset eyes, waiting for what he would say next.
For a moment, she felt like a dog owner waiting for a ‘hand’ command from a large Doberman.
A chuckle welled up within her, but his heavy voice filled her ears.
“Instinct.”
“Instinct…?”
“Yes.”
“Do you mean it’s your instinct to worry about me, vice president?”
He seemed to slightly nod.
“Why… do you think so?”
“Because it feels natural.”
“……”
His words felt greatly abbreviated. DaJeong slightly narrowed her eyebrows.
Feelings of wanting to protect a relatively weaker being, responsibility as an executive. Could his sense of ‘natural’ be such things?
While selecting the most likely answer, the depth of his gaze caught her attention. Perhaps, his reason for feeling ‘natural’ could be something more personal…
As such thoughts entered her mind, her mouth opened unknowingly. Her eyes widened even more when he spoke in a much softer voice.
“It means I want to take responsibility for what happened because of me.”
“Ah……”
It was a great relief. If his answer had been delayed by even a little, she would have fallen into the swamp of ‘what if’ and uttered lines like a drama heroine.
DaJeong cleared her throat unnecessarily.
“You don’t have to think that way. The one who caused the problem was the client at that time, and all you did was help me.”
“Of course. But……”
Even as he murmured softly, an overwhelming strength was felt. Unknowingly, DaJeong listened attentively with tension.
“It seems that because of that help, you’re in more trouble now.”
“……”
“Isn’t that right?”
“…Even if that’s the case, I have no intention of causing trouble for you, Vice President.”
She spoke as gently as she could, yet firmly. Then, the man looked at her as if his eyes had found a target.
For a very short moment, she felt like her breath had stopped.
“You can do that to me.”
“Even if you say that……”
She couldn’t understand how he could be so stubborn, yet so calm and confident. The unease unintentionally seeped into her voice as her bag vibrated with incoming calls.
It was an unwelcome interruption. Da Jeong hurriedly pulled out her phone, intending to put it on silent. But the moment she saw the screen, she couldn’t simply press the button.
“Take it.”
Tae Sang, noticing her hesitation, casually suggested and turned his gaze forward. Alternating her view between Tae Sang and her phone, Da Jeong quickly spoke up.
“I have to take this important call. Excuse me.”
The caller was her friend Jung Hee, who had left the orphanage with her. Despite being busy with flights, she had kept in touch with her orphanage friends, and it was clear that the news had reached her as well.
Da Jeong hastily answered the call.
“Hello?”
「Hey, Da Jeong. It’s me.」
The voice was noticeably lower than usual. Thanks to that, Da Jeong could easily anticipate the end of the call.
A conversation starting with ‘I’m sorry…’ and ending with ‘Let’s meet next time.’ was a routine she had repeated several times before.
As expected, after a brief greeting, she reluctantly broached the subject.
「I’m sorry, but I’m not in a position to help anyone right now…….」
“Yeah…… I see.”
「I couldn’t help much, but I did participate in the signature campaign. I’m sorry this is all I can do.」
“No, why wouldn’t it help.”
Despite her cheerful voice, she couldn’t help but let her gaze fall. She hadn’t been expecting much from the start, but she felt a little deflated.
「Let’s have a meal with Director Dad later.」
“Yeah. Let’s do that. I’ll call you back.”
Struggling to sound cheerful, Da Jeong hung up the phone.
As the caller’s name disappeared from the screen, only the blank standby screen remained. For a while, Da Jeong stared at the screen with an empty gaze.
The silence was broken by Tae Sang’s soft voice.
“Is something wrong?”
“No, it’s nothing……”
As Da Jeong stammered her response, her pink lips moved slightly.
Tae Sang focused intently on that soft movement.
The words that were continuously spilling out didn’t please him, they were all unpleasant words. But for some reason, he couldn’t tear his eyes away from her pink lips.
He swallowed dryly and forcibly turned his head.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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