Having finished a short meeting with Seo Rin, Tae Joon cooled his heated body with cold water.
As the cool water went down his esophagus, his body, which had been running at a strange temperature, seemed to calm down somewhat, but he couldn’t calm his beating heart.
As he loosened his tie and sat on the sofa, his secretary, So Dam, stood by his side. She couldn’t easily overlook his appearance, which seemed different from usual.
Tae Joon was a person with a steadfast mind. Even during the period when the investment market, where unimaginable amounts of money came and went, saw a sharp decline, he was the mastermind who turned the crisis into an opportunity with confident investment.
Thus, Tae Joon gradually grew his stature, and now he had become a young legend as the top Asian investor in the industry.
But he was shaken. It was a sight she had never seen since she met him.
“Why did you go out to create a meeting place that doesn’t exist, if you can’t handle it?”
At the calm reprimand, Tae Joon’s dark pupils looked up at So Dam, as if to say, ‘What the hell are you talking about?’
“It’s her, right? The woman who broke your heart, the CEO.”
“New secretary, if your heart is broken… you can’t live.”
He deflected the statement with a goodnatured smile, but his eyes were already acknowledging those words. So Dam had been his close aide for a long time and was his longtime junior. So, she couldn’t not know. How he had lived the past eight years after Seo Rin left.
The statement that his heart was broken, perhaps that expression was just right.
“When did you know?”
“You said you respected the businessperson, but you went out of your way to go to the funeral home where you were not even invited, not to pray for the deceased’s soul, but you kept looking at her.”
“Me?”
“Yes, you, CEO. With the eyes of a male full of deep black resentment. If lasers had come out of your eyes, a huge black hole would have formed on her face that day!”
“Huh…”
“Don’t tell me, in today’s meeting, you didn’t look at her with those eyes, did you?”
“What kind of eyes are you talking about?”
“Do I have to spell it out? You know, the kind of eyes that have a lot to say. Eyes that haven’t sorted out their feelings yet. Eyes that are still full of lingering regrets.”
A groan erupted from Tae Joon’s mouth. It was more ridiculous hearing it from So Dam’s mouth, even though he knew it himself.
He was going crazy. What should he do?
He thought he had sorted things out well enough, having suffered enough over the past eight years, but the moment he saw her, all that time faded.
He even had the absurd thought of wanting to protect her for a lifetime, driven by a protective instinct towards Seo Rin, who was standing precariously.
The feeling was too intense to be a temporary emotion.
“CEO, this is the first time I’ve seen you so shaken.”
So Dam was also taken aback by the sight of Tae Joon, a sight she had never seen before. She wasn’t sure whether she should handle this situation as a competent secretary, or as a close junior.
“Don’t forget. The reason you came to Korea is not because of Vice President Baek, but because of your mother.”
So Dam hit the mark with her words, pricking Tae Joon’s conscience.
Yes. I must not forget. The reason why I came here. To confirm my longcherished mother’s death.
Despite this, the sight of Seo Rin he had seen today remained as an afterimage in his heart, confusing everything about him. And So Dam read his troubled expression in an instant.
“Anyway, supporting Vice President Baek was a foregone conclusion. But I’m curious about why you pushed out William, who was going to attend the temporary shareholder’s meeting, and even created an unplanned meeting to see Vice President Baek’s face.”
Tae Joon’s brow hardened at her pointed question.
If there’s a way for you to permanently secure your management rights…how about it, are you willing to listen?
Despite knowing Seo Rin would be upset, he blurted out those words. What on earth made him say that?
“That’s right. I want to know too. Me too.”
He had just gone out to confirm her face once.
But that one confirmation turned out to be poison. It was as if his heart, still beating for her, had been shot dead on confirmation.
His heart wasn’t broken.
It just couldn’t beat for anyone else.
“Auntie, could I get a warm cup of chamomile tea, please? Oh, and Director Park, would you like a cup too?”
“No, I’m good.”
Upon arriving home, Seo Rin requested a cup of chamomile tea and slumped onto the sofa. The tension of today’s meeting had brought a wave of muscle pain throughout her body. As she kneaded her shoulder and grimaced, Director Park, unable to stand by, said something.
“Shall I book a spa for tomorrow?”
“No. It’s not the time for me to go to the spa now.”
“So, how did today’s meeting go?”
At Director Park’s question, Seo Rin lifted her head to meet his gaze.
“You’re quite interested, Director Park.”
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
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Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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