Just before Seungwon and Dahee entered the coffee shop, Ruby was having coffee with her boyfriend, Philip.
“Honey, what would you like to drink?”
Philip, with his hood flipped, played with his phone and responded.
“I’ll have an Americano with an extra shot. You know I prefer something nutty rather than sour, right? Oh, make it iced.”
“Extra shot, nutty, iced. Okay.”
Ruby took out her card and casually headed to the counter.
While she placed the order as Philip requested and returned, Philip was engrossed in a mobile game. Seeing her boyfriend who seemed like lasers would shoot out of his eyes, Ruby reprimanded him.
“Stop staring at your phone. Honey, do you even know what lipstick color I’m wearing today?”
“Why suddenly lipstick?”
“Did you even bother to look at my face properly when we met?”
At Ruby’s complaint, Philip finally lifted his eyes from his phone.
“Is it over now?”
“Mhm, it’s so nice to have a conversation while looking at each other like this.”
Ruby playfully pulled Philip’s cheek with an adorable gaze.
With a slender jaw and a small face, Philip, with his double eyelids, was a charming younger man who was two years younger than Ruby, who was twentysix this year. He was an aspiring singer majoring in practical music at university.
More precisely, he was an aspiring rapper. He had been auditioning here and there, but he repeatedly failed at the final stage, so his career was still at a blank slate.
However, due to his eyecatching idollike appearance wherever he went, he had a habit of wearing his hood flipped even though he hadn’t debuted.
“How did the audition go this time?”
“Ah, I don’t know. Don’t even bring it up.”
“Why not?”
“Just when I thought I would make it to the final and naturally pass, I failed at the last minute. The one who pushed me out and got accepted is the nephew of the label’s CEO or something. Ah, would someone without connections like me ever succeed?”
Ruby comforted Philip’s complaints.
“You’re working hard on your rap practice, so it will turn out well.”
“And you call that comforting? You don’t know much about this world, sis. Someone like me, without money and connections, shouldn’t have set foot in this from the start.”
“Not everyone on TV is rich and wellconnected. And hiphop originated in Harlem, right?”
“That’s an old saying. To stand out, you need to wear a gold necklace and a luxury hat.”
Philip let out a deep sigh. He thought he would debut easily once he came to Seoul, but all he heard were audition rejection news.
“If you have talent, you’ll shine someday. So let’s hang in there a little longer, okay?”
“Are you criticizing me now? Do you think I failed this audition because I lack talent?”
“That’s not what I meant. I was just saying…”
“Ah, forget it. I guess I can’t say anything to you! Sometimes, when you talk, you’re just like the oldfashioned folks at our house, you know?”
Philip turned his head abruptly, as if he didn’t want to talk anymore.
Although he was in his midtwenties, in Ruby’s eyes, Philip still looked lovable like a young child. Even his sulking appearance was cute, and Ruby looked at him with affectionate eyes.
“Our Philip is sulking again. In times like this, I have a secret move.”
Ruby rummaged through her bag and took out her wallet.
“Calm down, honey. I’ll give you some pocket money.”
“Never mind. What kind of allowance does a man need? I feel bad enough that I rely on you for meals. If I start taking allowance too, what am I?”
“He said he’ll support me once I debut and make a lot of money. Since I’ll pay it back anyway, why worry about the burden?”
“Ah, forget it…”
Ruby forcefully slipped two tenthousandwon bills into Philip’s pocket. Philip had been refusing all along but eventually accepted the money, pretending to give in. Then he softened his gaze as if feeling sorry.
“I’ll repay this with interest. So you have to wait for me to succeed, okay?”
“Okay, okay.”
Ruby nodded with a pleased smile.
Philip, a college student, was not in a good financial situation. Although he occasionally earned some pocket money by performing, after paying for his monthly rent and tuition, he had nothing left.
Naturally, Ruby often took care of the dating expenses. And sometimes, she even gave him pocket money like now.
As the youngest daughter of a wealthy family, Ruby had never worried about money, so Philip’s poor situation always made her feel sympathetic. When she handed him allowance, despite his reluctance to accept, she felt proud to be someone he needed.
“I’ll work even harder this time. Thanks to you, I feel like I can do well in auditions. Do you believe in me?”
“Of course.”
“Give me your hand.”
When Ruby reached out her hand, Philip gently held it.
“Thank you, honey.”
Ruby’s heart raced as if a puppy was rubbing its face against her hand. Whenever Philip expressed his affection like this, she felt like she had everything in the world.
“I want a cigarette.”
“Now?”
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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