Hee-wook’s compliment prompted Hyun-ji to respond.
“Right! But I don’t have any debts to pay. I’m a princess from a wealthy family.”
Hee-wook affectionately admired Hyun-ji like a princess before turning to wrap his arm around So-eun’s shoulder.
Hyun-ji leaned in to ask another question.
“Oh? Are you going with her, Attorney Yang?”
“Just escorting her. Only downstairs.”
“Don’t be gone too long, it’ll make me sad.”
“Okay, okay.”
Their conversation continued for a bit longer, even as they walked away from the crowd. Once outside with So-eun, Hee-wook quieted down.
Reaching the ground floor, Hee-wook let go of So-eun’s arm.
“You can go home alone, right? Hurry inside. Want me to hail a taxi?”
“No, it’s okay. I’ll manage.”
“Alright. Be careful, and call me when you get home, okay?”
Upon So-eun’s refusal, Hee-wook didn’t insist further and turned away.
Hee-wook’s footsteps sounded brisk and decisive.
‘It seems like today is a day for being sent away.’
So-eun hadn’t even mentioned the accident at work.
Her steps felt heavy, the world seemed to sway. She didn’t want it to shake. Like being on a stormy ship, she felt dizzy, her stomach churning.
Was it the tension from the bar now giving way to the effects of alcohol?
No, she had been forcibly holding back the rising intoxication.
After So-eun and Hee-wook left, Hyun-ji gazed at the door for a long time before sighing bitterly to herself.
“I can’t understand. Why would she like that?”
Having seen So-eun’s face firsthand, Hyun-ji grew even more curious. How much would her charm affect Hee-wook?
Would he react if she pushed? How much would he react?
Hyun-ji, who had been blinking emotionlessly while sipping her drink, stood up to go to the restroom just as Hee-wook returned. She staggered a bit, and Hee-wook rushed to support her.
“Be careful.”
“Oh, oppa.”
Leaning on Hee-wook, she whispered softly, causing his eyes to widen. Her face turned increasingly red, almost adorably so.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I slipped. Attorney Yang.”
Embarrassed, Hyun-ji straightened up quickly and hurried to the restroom.
Hee-wook watched her retreating figure with eyes full of surprise. His heart pounded fiercely, a flutter of excitement he hadn’t felt in a long time.
[Star Icon]Upon reaching his destination, Tae-joon instructed the driver.
“Leave the car here. I’ll go in alone.”
“……Alright. Then I’ll take my leave.”
The driver, sensing the situation, tactfully got out with Tae-joon.
Tae-joon’s expression was colder than when he had embarked, reflecting his sour mood. First, dropping off the employee midway and now this. The new boss seemed polite and respectful, yet there was something about him that kept people on their toes.
“See you tomorrow, sir.”
“Yes. Thank you for your hard work.”
Tae-joon left the customary farewell and headed to his appointment.
Since his return to Korea, there had been many people to meet, fulfilling schedules arranged by his grandfather. It was tolerable to discuss work, but when conversations veered off-topic, he quickly grew bored.
After politely dealing with everyone, Tae-joon left.
Walking to the parking lot, he remembered the woman he had abruptly dropped off on the street about an hour ago. Recalling her smiling face when asked if her boyfriend treated her well, his mouth dried up again. He felt uncomfortably unfulfilled as he settled into the driver’s seat.
He had returned to Korea a year earlier than planned because of a woman he was curious about.
Turns out, she already had a partner.
He wasn’t particularly surprised. Honestly, with her looks, it was unlikely she wouldn’t have a boyfriend.
His curiosity was more about why she had joined K Group. Did she have an ulterior motive? Was there any decency in her reasons? It wasn’t a sentimental journey to Korea to rekindle past relations and reminisce about old times.
So, why not just investigate what he was curious about?
What’s so annoying?
Tae-joon, unable to sort out his own frustrating feelings, impulsively headed towards Beopwon Rotary.
Omotesando Hills. Remembering that So-eun had mentioned this place, Tae-joon parked his car nearby and walked towards the pub.
From a distance, he spotted a group that seemed to include Hee-wook and his colleagues. There was only one woman among them. It was clearly a gathering of lawyers. So-eun was nowhere to be seen.
‘Did she leave already?’
Did she just say hello and leave?
Maybe she hasn’t arrived yet.
Tae-joon sat near the entrance, listening briefly to the voices coming from Hee-wook’s group before standing up again. It didn’t seem necessary to stay any longer.
Leaving the pub and heading back to his parked car, Tae-joon unexpectedly spotted So-eun.
Like that day 20 years ago when they played tag, So-eun brightly caught his eye.
Sitting on a bench in front of a convenience store, she waved an empty honey water bottle and called out to him.
“Oh? Director.”
Grinning broadly, as if glad to see him, her lips glistening, perhaps from the honey water. Her face flushed, seemingly intoxicated.
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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