Juhan served some food onto Eunsu’s plate and then his own. Eunsu, deep in thought, took out her work tablet from her bag.
“Just a minute, but around that time…”
She searched for something and then said,
“Weren’t you in Finland on May 11 last year?”
“Then we’ll say I did it over the phone.”
“Oh, right.”
Eunsu began to jot down notes with the pen from the tablet. May 11, phone call, calculate the time difference.
“Are you writing all that down?”
“Yes, Mr. President. I’ll organize it neatly and send it to you later.”
Eunsu, who had just replied in a business-like tone, suddenly looked up.
“Never mind. It’s top secret, so let’s write it down on paper and burn it right away.”
“Why, you’re going to chew it up?”
“I don’t eat paper. It’s tasteless, and I can’t use my digestion on it. But I need to eat this first.”
Eunsu set aside the tablet and picked up her chopsticks.
The two then focused solely on finishing the meal in front of them without much conversation.
After eating to their fill, they left the restaurant and headed home in Juhan’s car. The remaining conversation continued sporadically.
“What else do we need to talk about?”
Eunsu checked the questions as Juhan drove.
“Where did we have our first date?”
Eunsu, in a spirit of revenge for Juhan’s earlier mention of the real dating anniversary, brought up their actual first date.
“Should we say it was an exhibition in Insadong?”
Juhan, unfazed, replied.
“That exhibition and the one a year before are different. In case they ask which one it was, let’s just say we walked along the Han River.”
“Okay, fine. What about the first trip?”
“For the trip… It’s better to stick with somewhere familiar to avoid slip-ups.”
“Then let’s say we took a train to Taean. It’s where our department and your society went for the MT that year.”
“Ah, that place. There’s an arboretum nearby.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
They completed the story more easily than expected.
Almost at their destination, Juhan asked,
“So, have we decided whether the staff dinner is next Wednesday or Thursday? We’ll talk about it then, right?”
No response came, so Juhan turned to look. Eunsu, lost in thought, had fallen asleep. She had been speaking slower than usual.
The car stopped in front of Eunsu’s house.
Seeing Eunsu sound asleep without even a stir, Juhan turned off the engine. He waited a bit longer before carefully reaching out and unbuckling her seatbelt. Still, Eunsu didn’t wake up.
The car was too quiet and warm. Juhan understood why Eunsu had fallen asleep, yet his mind became clearer.
There’s no chance this is an opportunity.
Don’t get your hopes up, stay sharp. Don’t mess everything up.
Juhan tore his gaze away from Eunsu’s profile and thought about the coffee table he had finished repairing that morning.
The soft wooden top had many marks and scratches from hot items placed on it. He could sand it down to remove these flaws, but that might also erase the natural grain of the wood. It was always a challenge to sand it ‘just right.’
You can make it look almost new, but you can’t turn it back into something brand new.
You can cover the scars so they’re less visible, but you can’t erase the fact that it was damaged.
So, what I can do is…
A rustling sound came from beside him. Eunsu, waking up, blinked drowsily, realizing she was in Juhan’s car, and sat up suddenly.
“When did I fall asleep?”
“Why are you asking me that? I was waiting to ask you.”
Eunsu glanced at Juhan, yawned loudly, and mumbled.
“I was full, and the seat was warm, I just…”
Juhan clicked his tongue.
“You’re going to have to pay for lodging if you use my car for sleeping again.”
“Deduct it from my salary.”
Eunsu, with a casual response that lacked any sincerity, gathered her bag.
“Anyway, sorry and thanks. I’m going.”
“Get home safe. See you tomorrow.”
“Yep.”
Eunsu got out of the car and stretched after entering her house. She felt surprisingly refreshed for having napped in someone else’s car.
‘Well, his car seat is probably more expensive than my mattress.’
With a capitalistic conclusion, Eunsu took a shower and then picked up her tablet. She started to organize the stories she had agreed upon with Juhan but was suddenly overwhelmed by a strange feeling.
‘Do you ever regret breaking up with me?’
Juhan’s face, asking that question, suddenly popped into her mind.
‘I do. Every single day, and now I want to stop.’
His tone and gaze at that moment seemed too real, and it made her flustered. The goosebumps she had felt earlier seemed to rise again.
To some extent, Eunsu’s prediction was right. Given the mood, old stories were bound to resurface, and discussing them in a dimly lit place with soft music would have been risky. Any place that provided privacy for just the two of them would have been the same.
That’s why she deliberately chose the bustling dakgalbi restaurant. But she never expected him to say such things there.
‘He was adamantly refusing to do it, and now he acts so well. I won’t have to worry about the show.’
Eunsu cleared her throat and forced herself to make light self-talk.
“I just need to do well. Just me.”
On Wednesday evening, there was a staff dinner at .
“Just a moment, please. I have an announcement to make before we leave.”
The employees, who were about to leave, gathered back around Eunsu. She was aware of Juhan quietly standing behind her and continued.
“Next month, we are going to be filming a program at .”
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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