Ye Seul paused and looked up at Si Heon.
“Being close doesn’t necessarily require holding hands.”
This man was too comfortable with physical contact.
Ye Seul thought she had become accustomed to the level of touch in France, such as kisses and hugs.
However, just holding hands felt awkward and unfamiliar with Si Heon.
The heat rising in their touching palms, the feeling of the intertwined fingers seeping in between each finger, it tingled to the edge of her heart.
The bulging muscles of his hand that tore her skirt in a back alley of Paris still lingered in her mind.
“Isn’t this okay between a couple?”
“Not every couple holds hands, and physical contact isn’t always necessary.”
What could Si Heon be thinking, considering they even agreed to share a bed?
Ye Seul glanced at their entwined hands, wondering if she appeared easy.
While working in the kitchen, she often suffered burns and injuries to her hand.
She felt her scars, created from studying and working through the night in the rush to succeed, looked pitiful next to the smooth hand of a man.
“That’s the standard for other couples. I plan to do the things I couldn’t do with my wife for seven years.”
Si Heon lifted their joined hands, his lips curling into a smile.
“If you don’t like it, Ye Seul, it’s unfortunate, but I will let go.”
Si Heon let go of her hand and opened the car door for her. Ye Seul balled her fist, missing the lost warmth.
“It’s… not that I don’t like it.”
When Ye Seul decided to extend their marriage contract for three months, she was somewhat prepared.
Transfer of the workshop’s land and rights.
It would have taken about ten years with a pastry chef’s salary.
It was dreamy and sweet that all these things would happen in just three months.
She knew that sexual relations could also be part of a limitedterm marriage, but it was hard to refuse such a cheatkeylike proposal.
Moreover, the counterpart was her real husband, who had kept their marriage on paper for seven years.
Three months. The agreed period to live like a real married couple.
Was it too oldfashioned to be sensitive to just holding hands?
“I’m just not used to it.”
Ye Seul placed her hand on her knee and looked down.
“Then let’s take it slow and get used to it.”
Si Heon spoke in a gentle tone, his eyes crinkling attractively.
Si Heon reached out, but upon looking at Ye Seul, he grabbed the steering wheel again.
Was Ye Seul afraid of him?
He didn’t necessarily have to hold her hand, but he felt regretful to let go of the hand he had once held, so he became stubborn.
Byung Suk regretted his uncharacteristic behavior of easily compromising and giving up on anything because of Byung Suk.
“Fasten your seatbelt. There’s a place near home that serves delicious dessert. Shall we go there for dinner?”
Ye Seul laughed as she fastened her seatbelt.
“Why is your criteria for choosing a good restaurant based on dessert?”
It seemed like even in Paris, she suggested introducing a place with tasty desserts…
“Desserts are eaten last.”
Si Heon gently turned the steering wheel while he spoke.
“If even the sweetness left in your mouth after a pleasant meal is satisfying, everything feels perfect.”
“I think I understand.”
Ye Seul recalled the reason she had come to dream of becoming a chocolatier.
“When I was young, I would come home from school and put a piece of premium chocolate, which was in the gift set my grandmother received, in my mouth and let it melt for a long time. That sweetness made me feel like it had been a very good day.”
Even when she stomped home in anger, mocked by friends for being an orphan, or when she was sad because her exam scores were a mess, or even when she fell into a ditch while running and ruined her new shoes, the sweet and bitter piece of chocolate magically melted away all the bad memories.
“It seems like it’s exactly what we need after a tough day.”
Ye Seul thought Byung Suk was a really despicable old man.
His gaze alone could make people feel uncomfortable.
Considering that he grew up under an adult who ignored others and only talked about himself, Si Heon seemed too normal.
The scenery of Seoul passed by like flowing water outside the window.
“Sir. You seemed very angry…, are you okay?”
Ye Seul recalled the image of Byung Suk who seemed ready to beat something up at any moment, gripping his cane several times in anger.
“He’ll be okay for a while.”
Si Heon knew Byung Suk just as well as Byung Suk thought he knew Si Heon.
He wouldn’t make a move at least until he was ready to pry Ye Seul from Si Heon.
“Are you doing this because it’s unfair to divorce without even having a proper married life?”
Ye Seul was curious about his intention to do such a thing, even if it meant distancing himself from Chairman Baek.
‘Chairman Baek’s dog, Baek Si Heon, could kill a person if Chairman Baek said so.’
That was the reputation of Baek Si Heon, the representative of Baeksong Bakery, which Ye Seul heard from Chun Ho.
Baek Si Heon was a person who absolutely could not defy Chairman Baek.
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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