A garage is a garage, but what’s an ownerless garage? Rajin wondered if this was a joke unique to Prosecutor Kang Jiho and observed his expression.
“Not long ago, my grandfather had surgery, so he’s staying at my parents’ house.”
“Oh, so that’s why you were visiting the hospital that day… You’re not telling me that empty house is your grandfather’s, are you?”
“There’s no place with better security than there.”
“What if your grandfather finds out?”
Sneaking around someone else’s warehouse like a mouse, and now planning to go to Prosecutor Kang Jiho’s grandfather’s house?
Rajin was about to suggest another location when he suddenly pulled out his phone as they entered an alley. Tapping it a few times, a mechanical sound came from somewhere.
Despite her alternating cries of ‘No’ and ‘Wait a minute,’ Rajin found herself in a garage overlooking a garden.
“Do you want to eat at the garden table?”
“No! I’ll just stay in the car.”
“Whatever you’re comfortable with.”
He rummaged through the shopping bag and handed her a small paper bag and napkins.
“Here, chicken nuggets and fries.”
“Ah, thank you.”
What kind of situation was this? Not exactly an undercover detective, and now secretly eating fries in the garage of his grandfather’s dark house?
Rajin couldn’t help but be amused by the situation, yet was entranced by the tempting smell of the fries.
A familiar taste she hadn’t encountered in a long time.
Crunchy and salty, she couldn’t help but salivate at the thought of eating them.
“Here. Have a shake too.”
He carefully inserted a straw and placed the paper cup in the center console. Rajin was lost for a moment at his considerate gesture.
‘Is he always this thoughtful, or is it because of some difficult request?’
Despite her suspicions about the kind man, she couldn’t take her eyes off the cup holding the shake.
Like a child enchanted by the Pied Piper, Rajin impulsively removed her mask.
Forgetting the drama production announcement scheduled in two days, she grasped the cup containing the calorie bomb. She then sipped through the thick straw.
The taste of diluted vanilla, the brain-freezing coolness followed by a wave of sweetness, danced in her mouth.
“Hmm.”
An involuntary exclamation of delight escaped her lips.
“Dipping the fries in the shake makes them even tastier.”
“In the shake…?”
“Sometimes I eat it that way. It tastes pretty good.”
The attentive man even demonstrated it for her. Really? Rajin cautiously glanced at him and then tentatively followed suit.
“!”
It was like discovering a new world. Rajin couldn’t stop emptying the bag of fries.
“It’s nice to see you eat well.”
Having finished a burger, he crumpled the wrapper and commented.
A compliment about eating well, something she’d never heard before. Rajin blushed and covered her mouth.
“Actually, I hadn’t had dinner either.”
“Are you on a diet?”
“I have to manage it. But it’s so delicious, having not eaten it for a long time.”
As Rajin chuckled softly, the man’s eyes, which were as cold as midwinter, softened.
He didn’t make a hollow promise to buy her more next time. But he carefully unwrapped an apple pie for her and smiled silently again.
Warm apple pie, sweet and tangy cinnamon scent, and their quiet exchange of trivial conversation.
The atmosphere was oddly warm and pleasant.
Prosecutor Kang Jiho shared his favorite movie titles, and Rajin counted the music she’d been listening to on her fingers.
The man, who seemed to speak little, willingly revealed himself, and before they knew it, it was midnight.
“Have you finished?”
“Yes. I would’ve missed out if I hadn’t eaten.”
As they tidied up the empty wrappers together, Rajin commented.
Rajin’s eyes widened as she caught a glimpse of his expression. It was an enigmatic look, seemingly a smile yet not quite.
“About the matter I wanted to discuss earlier.”
“Yes. Please go ahead.”
“I don’t intend to burden you, Miss Park Rajin.”
His already deep voice seemed to grow even heavier with the serious tone.
“Still, I’d like you to consider this matter seriously.”
“What is it…?”
“It’s a difficult request.”
He paused, gazing at the small lights brightening the dark garden, then reached up to press the car’s interior light.
The shadows cast a sharp contrast on his face, half illuminated, half shrouded in darkness, resembling a protagonist on a theater stage.
“As you might have heard, I’m handling an investigation related to a fraudulent fund, specifically focusing on Myeongjin Group.”
Was that why he brought up her being with Kim Yoo-jun? Expecting something?
After babbling in the hospital parking lot as a pretext for explanation, Rajin couldn’t grimly respond to his burdensome talk. She decided to listen to the end first, then judge. She looked deeply into his eyes.
“The whole problem isn’t just with Myeongjin, but…”
“…”
“It’s a fact that Myeongjin caused the most significant damage.”
He described the case with simplicity yet strikingly, highlighting the suspect dealings of the corporation against numerous ordinary victims.
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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