“Yeah. I have a meeting tomorrow morning.”
“There might not be a boat now.”
“I used one to come here earlier.”
Ah, he came all this way just to see my face once.
Hyeju’s heart swelled.
“Why did you bother to come all the way here if you’re leaving in just two hours? So difficult.”
“You make even inefficient things happen.”
A man who gives a feeling of being loved every moment, even without saying “I love you” every day. He may be relentlessly calculating when working, but to me, he’s always at a loss.
Because he’s my man.
Hyeju glanced at his chest with teary eyes.
Juwon gently stroked the back of her head, then carried her to the bed.
“I thought it might be scary to sleep alone in an unfamiliar place. I’ll put you to sleep and leave.”
Ah… should I pretend to be scared?
In reality, Hyeju wasn’t afraid of the night.
Having lived alone for several years, Hyeju had grown accustomed to sleeping alone, and she also had a strong heart that could fend off ghosts. So, even when there was concern that Juwon might be haunted, she probably wasn’t scared.
“The sound of the wind is a bit eerie. If I weren’t here, you would have been all alone.”
…Right. Let’s pretend to be scared!
“Ack, oppa, the sound of the wind is like ghostly whispers. It’s so scary.”
“Anyway, the heart is as small as a bean.”
“Ouch, it surprised me! Maybe because it’s an island, the wind is too strong. It feels like someone is whistling.”
Creaking.
Right on cue, the window shook. Feigning fear, Hyeju burrowed into Juwon’s arms.
“Did you hear that sound just now? Oh, it’s so scary… ”
“Don’t worry. I’m a special forces man.”
“What’s a ‘man who almost went’?””
“I wanted to go.”
“But you didn’t go after all?”
“I said I almost went.”
After that, Hyeju occasionally pretended to be scared, making Juwon proud. However, as time passed, her back started getting damp.
[Star Icon]Dahee submitted her resignation.
She submitted her resignation quietly, intending to quit before things got bigger. Employees gossiped about it.
The rumors were about Dahee, who, blinded by jealousy, tried to expose Hyeju but ended up ruining herself. Even her usual complaining attitude at work became a topic of conversation. For a while, there wasn’t a person in the company who didn’t know the name Cheondahee.
Juwon assigned Dahee’s issues to the company’s legal team. Since he had no intention of simply accepting a single-page resignation, it was a serious plan to hold her accountable.
People questioned Dahee’s decision to file a lawsuit after submitting her resignation. However, no one sympathized with her.
What puzzled them was Seungwon’s attitude.
The day Dahee submitted her resignation, Seungwon also submitted his resignation.
He disappeared without answering anyone’s calls, and since he automatically left the company due to vanishing, there was no way for Juwon to get in touch with him.
“This guy really picked up some nasty habits.”
Juwon respected and appreciated Seungwon’s personality, which was the opposite of his own, but it really didn’t sit well with him when he dived out whenever there was trouble.
Even though he was a grown man, there was something unsettling about Seungwon quitting the company together with Dahee.
“Still no contact from Kang Seungwon today?”
“Yeah. His phone is still on, but he doesn’t answer at all.”
“Do we need to report it to the police?”
“There are still three weeks left.”
“What?”
“Seungwon’s all-time record for going AWOL is one month. Back then, Mother warned him. Whether it’s going AWOL or diving, you have to handle it yourself. But she said he would die if he passed a month.”
Juwon explained that Sunwoo Yeon, Lady Sunwoo, would be furious, and if Seungwon knew anything, he would crawl back within a month.
“Well, he’s subtly stubborn, but he listens to Mom’s words really well. According to oppa, within three weeks, he’ll come back if you believe him.”
Hyeju erased her worries and punched Juwon’s fist.
“Let’s leave, CEO.”
It had been a while since they left work together.
Due to the explosive increase in workload, Juwon and Hyeju had been too busy to see each other, and even when they met at the company, they couldn’t hold hands due to the eyes around them. Their different departure times also made it challenging to have a proper date.
Enjoying leaving work together after a long time, Juwon tightly held Hyeju’s hand. Even while driving, Hyeju had no time to fix her makeup due to Juwon’s constant finger play.
The car stopped in front of Hyeju’s house.
Reluctant to get off, Hyeju and unwilling to say goodbye, Juwon tightly held hands and listened to the radio quietly.
The piano music softly playing in the car, combined with the rain starting to fall, created a charming atmosphere.
“It’s been a while, but for some reason, I don’t want to part ways today.”
Leaning on Juwon’s shoulder, Hyeju murmured.
At the same time, many thoughts came to Juwon’s mind.
“Should I get off together? Should I stay overnight? Do you want to go to my place, oppa?”
However, he couldn’t easily choose any of them because there was something he really wanted to say.
“Should we get married?”
A phrase he once casually brought up and instantly regretted.
“Hyeju, let’s get married.”
It was buried in the most casual place where he could bring it up at any time.
Juwon, who had been waiting for the right moment to bring it up without making Hyeju uncomfortable, realized that now was the perfect opportunity.
The time is now.
After taking a deep breath, he seriously opened his mouth.
“Let’s get married, oh…”
“Oh Chuntaek?”
“No, not Oh Chuntaek!”
“What’s Oh Chuntaek doing at this hour?”
…Who am I even talking to?
With an irritated expression, Juwon opened the car door and got out.
Seeing Hyeju’s back leaving alone, Juwon bit down on his molars in frustration.
In the rain, Juwon, left alone in the car, saw a soaked scarecrow-like figure.
“What the heck is that?”
Thunk.
With a very annoyed expression, Juwon opened the car door and got out.
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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