Sejeong didn’t glance at him and bluntly rejected, “I don’t feel like talking right now. Go sit somewhere else.”
Perhaps already familiar with this response, the man didn’t receive it with a graceful smile.
“Weren’t we close enough to spend every night together?”
“If you don’t leave, I will.”
“Sejeong, wait a moment.”
As Sejeong tried to leave, the man caught her arm and asked, “Are you okay with Dohyuk’s meeting with his brother for marriage consultation?”
“What about it?”
“Do you know that his brother and I once met with you?”
Sejeong glared at the man as if she would devour him.
“Choi Jinhyuk, try saying one more word of nonsense. I’ll make sure you never step foot in this place again.”
“Okay, okay.”
As a sign of surrender, the man raised both hands.
The man was Cha Jinhoek, the son of the current representative of the Daesan Group, Cha Junghwan, and also Dohyuk’s cousin.
Jinhoek and Sejeong had met and dated during their study abroad days at social gatherings of conglomerate heirs.
Despite having fiery personalities that clashed and led to frequent fights, their relationship lasted only two months.
However, Jinhoek, for some reason, continued to linger around Sejeong after the breakup.
“Yoon Sejeong, what a temper you had. Well, that’s what made our relationship interesting.”
“I was quite firm back then. You don’t need to concern yourself; I won’t go through that again.”
“But really, are you planning to marry Dohyuk’s brother?”
“What’s it to you?”
“It matters a lot.”
Looking into Sejeong’s face, Jinhoek smirked.
“I find it too wasteful to give you to my cousin. Shall we start again?”
It’s starting again.
It’s been over a year since they broke up, so what’s this maneuver?
Sejeong secretly didn’t mind Jinhoek, who playfully crossed the line with jokes.
Because she still felt like she couldn’t forget herself.
“I heard a rumor that you’re engaged to the daughter of the MF Partners’ CEO. What nonsense is that?”
“Oh, that? It’s a secret. How did you find out?”
“There’s no such thing as a secret in this world.”
“True. Engagement is just something my father forced on me.”
“I know. Let’s not care about other people’s business and live our lives, okay?”
Sejeong lightly tapped Jinhoek’s shoulder and turned away.
Suddenly, Jinhoek grabbed Sejeong’s wrist and pulled her towards him.
As a result, their bodies pressed tightly together.
Looking directly at Sejeong, Jinhoek said, “If you agree, I can break off that engagement right now. How about it? Living with me would be much more comfortable than with Dohyuk’s brother, wouldn’t it?”
That might be true.
Since she had already hit rock bottom, there was no need to pretend to be a quiet lady anymore.
Looking at Jinhoek’s smirking face, Sejeong recalled the reason she started dating him.
Jinhoek had fallen for Sejeong during her younger days, resembling Dohyuk a lot. Perhaps because they were cousins.
Although Jinhoek’s impression was sharper.
And the most important reason, he was second in line for the Daesan Group’s succession.
In a moment, a brilliant idea flashed into Sejeong’s mind.
A way to eliminate Dohyuk’s woman without dirtying her hands.
And a pretty decent Plan B.
With a subtle smile, Sejeong raised the corners of her mouth and traced Jinhoek’s arm.
“Jinhoek oppa, do you still have lingering feelings for me?”
“Oppa? It’s nice to hear that again… Why are you suddenly using honorifics? What’s going on?”
Taken aback by Sejeong’s sudden change in attitude, Jinhoek sent her a puzzled look.
Unconcerned, Sejeong tempted Jinhoek with a gesture.
“Lower your head a bit. Closer to my ear.”
As Jinhoek bowed his head, Sejeong whispered something to his ear.
After a while, Jinhoek, who had been quietly listening, suddenly opened his eyes wide.
“Just a moment.”
That night.
Dohyuk embraced Jaeeun tightly in front of her house, as if regretting that she was leaving.
Jaeeun, initially taken aback, soon wrapped her arms around Dohyuk.
Thump, thump.
The pounding sounds of their hearts mixed together, and it was impossible to distinguish whose heartbeat was whose.
“Miss Seo Jaeeun, I have something significant to tell you. My sense of reality is completely zero these days.”
“Why?”
“I feel so happy that every moment feels like I’m dreaming. It’s almost scary how afraid I am to wake up.”
“Team leader…”
Jaeeun’s face blushed at Dohyuk’s sincere confession.
As long as the time spent with him continued like this.
As long as they could be together forever.
If that were the case, Jaeeun was experiencing incredibly happy days with nothing more to wish for.
The awkwardness of the past was nowhere to be found, and the time spent understanding each other was immensely enjoyable.
Today, even though Dohyuk wasn’t in the mood, he accompanied her to a tteokbokki restaurant.
Thanks to that, they unexpectedly met Sungjun and Yura and had a pleasant time.
Thanks to Yura’s straightforwardness, it was a bit embarrassing, but…
Hehe.
Jaeeun suddenly burst into laughter, recalling Dohyuk sweating while eating spicy tteokbokki.
Dohyuk, pretending to be nonchalant, gulped down a whole bottle of sweet drink at once.
“If you can’t handle spicy food, you should’ve said something. You struggled with the sundae too, making me feel guilty for no reason.”
Nevertheless, Jaeeun found Dohyuk’s effort to adapt to her charming and appreciated it.
Every time Dohyuk accommodated her wishes, he became more lovable and appreciated.
“Why are you suddenly laughing?”
When Dohyuk, bewildered, asked, Jaeeun, delving deeper into his embrace, said,
“Team leader… I like you.”
“Seo Jaeeun…”
Dohyuk, who hugged Jaeeun, tightened his grip.
“I really don’t want to let you go.”
“Team leader…”
Almost told him to come into her room.
Jaeeun felt her face flushing.
At the same time, the words Dohyuk said the night before echoed in her ears.
“What do you see me as, exactly? I don’t have that much frustration, do I?”
“If Seo Jaeeun wants it, I’m willing to comply… though…”
Just recalling that day was enough to make her heart flutter uncontrollably.
Since Dohyuk’s wish, misunderstood like a nuclear bomb, that day.
Jaeeun underwent significant changes in her feelings.
Was it because she had made up her mind once?
Even when Yura asked how far they had progressed just last night, she jumped in shock, but…
Jaeeun was already mentally prepared.
Now, she wanted his everything to the point where she felt helpless.
Although she would act as if she could resist if Dohyuk pushed in again as he did last night.
However.
For some reason, despite continuing to tease her as his sister, Dohyuk no longer brought up that matter.
‘Well, after pushing and running away like that, he might not bring it up again, fearing I’ll run away.’
Although she thought so, for Jaeeun to bring it up first…
Just the thought of it was too embarrassing.
At that moment when she was contemplating what to do.
Suddenly, Dohyuk buried his face in her neck and let out a very long and deep sigh.
As his breath was about to end,
Words that sounded like a sigh escaped from Dohyuk’s lips.
“I want to spend the night together.”
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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