“This is Director. You’re in big trouble if you keep staring at the night sea like that. Come inside quickly.”
Sehee, who was following, stopped walking, and Manager Jung, who had been watching her absentmindedly looking at the sea, spoke loudly.
Only then did Sehee come to her senses and turned her head.
“Oh, you almost got into big trouble. I saved you.”
Manager Jung let out a hearty laugh.
“Come on in. Hurry up.”
Manager Jung, who called Sehee, confirmed that Sehee was moving her feet, then entered the restaurant, the venue for the dinner.
“Big trouble, you say. What are you talking about?”
Sehee, who entered afterward, asked with curiosity in her eyes as she sat in her seat.
“Ah, you city people wouldn’t know, right? This night sea here. You should never go out alone.”
Suddenly, Manager Jung created a strange atmosphere.
“Yeah, yeah. That’s right. That’s why night fishing is dangerous too. Suddenly, someone who was fishing disappears.”
Manager Hong chimed in.
“D, Disappear? People disappear?”
Feeling a shiver, Sehee asked in surprise.
“Yes. If you stare at the night sea for a long time, you’ll be completely mesmerized by the mermaids and dragged in. By the time you come to your senses? You’re already in the afterlife.”
Manager Jung said with a grim expression.
“N, No way.”
For a moment, a creepy chill ran down Sehee’s body.
“I’ve seen it several times. That night sea can completely mesmerize people. So. Never think about going out alone at night. If you’re lonely, call me. I’ll rush over anytime.”
Manager Jung laughed with a friendly expression.
“No. Why call Manager? Come to my place. My place is safe. My wife will protect Manager too.”
Manager Hong exclaimed, surprised.
“What? This brat, really. How do you see me? Hey, you.”
Manager Jung expressed his displeasure to Manager Hong.
Manager Hong pretended not to hear and busily looked for the meat.
“Yeah, yeah. Thank you both sincerely. In that sense, let me do it once.”
Trying to lighten the mood a bit, Sehee grabbed a bottle of soju and beer with both hands.
“What’s this? Main branch style? Half and half? Oh, big O?”
Manager Jung’s eyes widened.
“W, We’re going to drink and die? Now? Wow. I didn’t expect that. Is Director a heavy drinker or what? Heavy drinker.”
Manager Hong looked at Sehee, who was making a bomb drink, with surprised eyes.
“Let’s have a proper welcome party.”
Sehee grinned as if it was nothing.
In fact, Sehee’s alcohol tolerance was close to zero.
However, for two reasons, Sehee boldly extended a challenge with a bomb drink.
First, she wanted to get caught up in this good atmosphere with these nice people.
And second, it was because of that night sea that could be seen continuously from her seat.
The blue waves, intensified by the black color, kept reminding her of Kyle.
Somewhere, carried by the wind with his refreshing scent, it sensitively stimulated Sehee’s emotions.
So, it seemed like she shouldn’t refrain from getting drunk.
Even if she had to use the strong alcohol aroma to erase his scent from her mind.
“Okay. I liked it. Welcome enthusiastically, Lee Sehee.”
Manager Jung raised his glass in approval.
“Welcome.”
Manager Hong also smiled brightly, raising her own glass.
“Thank you. I appreciate it. Please take care of me.”
As Sehee raised her glass, the three of them clinked their glasses together as if about to shatter.
The dangerous bomb drink went down refreshingly, burning their throats.
That way, the three of them tilted their glasses, unaware that the night had passed, and dawn was breaking.
Someone watching from outside was burning up inside without even knowing it, as if in a dream.
How long had he been waiting?
Without a single movement, Kyle checked his wristwatch.
The people with Sehee today were spending more time with her than yesterday.
In fact, Kyle had come to Yangyang yesterday to meet Sehee.
However, unable to see Sehee, he had to turn back. Today, once again, there were other obstacles.
After arriving in Yangyang immediately upon completing the schedule, worried that Sehee might be surprised by his sudden appearance, he arrived at SY Hotel Yangyang Estate.
But Sehee wasn’t alone.
Bansungjae.
He was with her.
SY Hotel was sold, and the original owner separated the main branch and the branches for the acquisition process. Meanwhile, Siwan Group aggressively approached each branch for acquisition.
And at the center of that was Bansungjae.
However, coincidentally, at the moment Bansungjae came to inspect Yangyang himself, Sehee received orders to move to Yangyang Branch.
Considering the unexpected coincidence as luck and enjoying it, Bansungjae’s expression was full of delight.
Wanting to grab him by the collar right then and there, Kyle was concerned about Sehee.
His own appearance would likely shock Sehee, unaware that Kyle worried about her.
Without knowing this fact, Bansungjae, who blew his own chance, vowed that Kyle would definitely take care of him later.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
