Startled, Tae Yeon hastily pulled her hand away from her phone.
“What did you talk about with your father?”
“We arranged to have dinner over the weekend.”
Tae Yeon responded by merely nodding. Do Jun studied Tae Yeon with narrowed eyes.
If they were a close mother and daughter, hearing about visiting their parents over the weekend would naturally brighten their faces. But Tae Yeon was the exact opposite.
Seeing Tae Yeon’s hands trembling on her lap, Do Jun took a seat next to her.
Tae Yeon looked up at Do Jun.
“Do you have something on your mind?”
“No.”
“You look troubled.”
“No, I don’t.”
When Tae Yeon looked away again, Do Jun reached out and gently held her chin, forcing her to meet his gaze.
“I’m the type who can’t stand owing someone.”
“Yes……”
Tae Yeon looked surprised at his sudden statement.
“I feel like I owe Jin Tae Yeon for assuming she had a boyfriend.”
“But you’ve already apologized for that.”
“But I still feel uneasy about it.”
Do Jun slowly scanned Tae Yeon’s face. His gaze fixated on her brown eyes.
“It’s the first time I’ve ever felt sorry for someone.”
“……”
“And it’s also the first time I’ve been concerned about someone.”
There wasn’t a trace of hesitation in Do Jun’s eyes. In fact, Tae Yeon was the one whose pupils were intensely shaking.
Did he even realize what he was saying?
“Do you mean you’ve been concerned about me?”
“Yes.”
“Why on earth……”
Tae Yeon couldn’t recall anything she did to cross Do Jun.
Do Jun himself didn’t know why thoughts about Tae Yeon kept popping up.
His gaze met Tae Yeon’s clear brown eyes.
Yes, it all started with these eyes.
Tae Yeon’s eyes were truly clear and transparent. Looking into them, he felt as though he could see right through to her heart.
But the reality was entirely the opposite.
He could never tell what Tae Yeon was thinking. She always seemed to follow her own opinions, but he wondered if they were genuinely her own.
It was as if she was fulfilling her duties as a wife.
The old Do Jun would have been perfectly content with that.
As long as they looked like a normal couple in the eyes of Chairman Cha and others.
“You seem to be comfortable with me now, Jin Tae Yeon.”
Do Jun was still gently holding Tae Yeon’s face in his hand.
At his words, Tae Yeon murmured while avoiding his gaze.
“Since Madam Choi isn’t here today…… would you let me go?”
When Do Jun released his grip, Tae Yeon lifted her hips and backed away.
The distance between them had grown again, nullifying Do Jun’s efforts to close it.
Tae Yeon was always like this. She drew a line and never crossed it.
Suddenly, he became curious.
How would she react if he crossed that line?
Without hesitation, Do Jun moved closer.
Tae Yeon tried to move towards the end of the sofa, but a sudden large hand grabbed her waist. Tae Yeon’s head instinctively turned around.
“Do Jun!”
“Why are you always running away from me, Jin Tae Yeon?”
“I’m not running away. It’s just too hot when you come closer.”
She made a nonsensical excuse and immediately regretted it.
The air conditioner was blasting cold air, after all.
Do Jun curled his lips into a teasing smile and asked.
“Is that so? You can just take off that cardigan.”
His deep eyes were focused on Tae Yeon’s slender shoulders. Tae Yeon quickly lifted her hand as if worried her cardigan might slip off and fortified her defenses.
“Don’t tell me you’re worried that I might take it off.”
“No? No, not at all.”
“It doesn’t seem like it.”
Tae Yeon bit her lip and quickly clarified the misunderstanding.
“If Do Jun moves a little bit, I think it will be cooler.”
As he remained still, Tae Yeon seemed to think that she should leave the place and tried to get up from the sofa.
However, her wrist was immediately caught by Do Jun, forcing her to sit down again.
“Miss Jin Tae Yeon, we’re the only ones in this house today.”
“……Yes.”
“How about we have a conversation like a married couple?”
“Pardon?”
Tae Yeon’s eyes widened in surprise. Then, she started rambling awkwardly with a forced smile.
“Mr. Do Jun, I think today might be a bit difficult.”
“Why is that?”
Again, Tae Yeon looked anxiously at Do Jun as she clutched her cardigan tightly in front of her chest with both hands.
“That…… that’s something usually done between people in love.”
Tae Yeon finished speaking and there was no response from Do Jun. Then he slowly licked his lower lip and asked.
“Miss Jin Tae Yeon, don’t tell me you misunderstood what I meant by a married couple’s conversation?”
“What?”
Seeing Tae Yeon’s face flushing red, Do Jun confirmed his suspicion. The corner of his mouth twitched into a sly grin.
“Haha. I must have spoken ambiguously.”
“……”
“I didn’t mean physical touch. I didn’t know that you were expecting that.”
“Not that?”
Tae Yeon’s voice trembled slightly. Do Jun nodded with a serious face.
“I swear it was not a ploy. It was not what I meant.”
“You clearly said a married couple’s conversation…”
“That’s the kind of conversation I meant. We don’t know much about each other, so I suggested we talk.”
“Ah.”
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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