‘There’s only one person who would do something so obvious.’
A deep sigh escaped me at the face of the one person who naturally came to mind.
Chae Seo Rin. She must be somewhere enjoying the big blow she had dealt me by now.
“Anchor Yoon.”
When I turned around at the soft voice calling me from behind, it was the director.
“Let’s have a talk in my office for a moment.”
The director’s eyes, looking at me differently than usual, were calm.
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.
.
Sitting face to face, the director, who had been silent for a while, recommended that I take a few days off from broadcasting.
The reason was that the exposé article that had exploded just before the live news broadcast could further incite negative public opinion.
“I can stop CEO Seo’s official statement as much as possible. But it’s going to be difficult to deal with the scandalous article.”
“……Yes. I also thought it would be difficult.”
“The disciplinary committee will be convened soon. It’s a request from Chae Seo Rin’s side. She’s fuming, claiming she’s been treated unfairly. Ah, my head hurts these days. Anyway, Anchor Yoon, take some time to sort out your thoughts and come back.”
Even just looking at the number of comments being updated in real time on the news article, I had expected this to some extent.
While reading the article, I also thought I wouldn’t be able to avoid the disciplinary committee, but I didn’t expect Seo Rin to request it first.
Carrying Ji Han’s momentum on her back, she must have been certain that she would win this fight.
‘That’s a huge misunderstanding.’
“Or did I really think I was having an affair with Mr. Jae Ha?”
Mumbling, I left the broadcasting station building.
My only thought was to hurry home and find evidence to refute these ridiculous rumors that I would have to talk about at the disciplinary committee.
“What kind of relationship is that?”
“You scared me! Mr. Jae Ha, when did you get here?”
As I was about to go down the stairs at the main entrance, I was startled by the familiar voice coming from the side.
When I turned to the direction where the voice was coming from, Jae Ha was leaning against the flower bed.
“I left as soon as I checked the article, so it’s been about 30 minutes.”
“You really scared me!”
I gently pressed the area around my heart, still thumping wildly from the surprise.
“I saw you from afar and kept watching. You seemed so lost in thought.”
“I was thinking about what happened today. That is……”
It was just at that moment I was about to tell him that Seo Rin was the one who triggered the scandalous article about us.
People leaving work glanced at Jae Ha and me.
Although Jae Ha’s face wasn’t publicly known, it seemed that people somewhat noticed due to him being with me.
“Hey, look there. Is that the person?”
“The one from the exposé article? They’ve got guts. They’ve blatantly come to the broadcasting station. Is that even okay?”
It seemed that he too sensed the disapproving murmurs.
However, Jae Ha approached me without hesitation, ignoring people’s stares, and took my hand.
“Aren’t you hungry?”
I was taken aback by Jae Ha asking if I was hungry while people were staring intently.
“Is it appropriate to ask if I’m hungry in this situation?”
“Of course. Mealtime is very important. I have a bigger stomach than guts, so I’m quite hungry now.”
The women who had been muttering about Jae Ha having guts seemed to have heard his words and hastily moved away.
He looked at the departing people, and the corners of his mouth curled up in satisfaction.
“Let’s go now.”
“Where to?”
Throughout, I had been wondering whether it was right to go back to Jae Ha’s house.
The place called his house particularly resonated with me.
Since the night Jae Ha became conscious, I hadn’t been able to comfortably stay at his house.
And above all, I was worried that it might become something irreversible later.
“Where? Naturally, my house. No, now should it be our house?”
Yet, regardless of my worries, Jae Ha calmly led me by the hand.
‘In the end, I came back.’
Led by Jae Ha, I returned to his house.
Looking at the glass of water I left on the table when I left for work in the morning, I felt a wave of new emotions.
It felt real that I now had a home to return to, and the fact that it was not the marital home I had shared with Ji Han for years resonated with me.
As I changed into lighter clothes and came out, I heard the sound of cutting from the kitchen.
Approaching the kitchen, I saw Jae Ha busily preparing something.
I stood close behind his back, watching him sauté something in a pan.
“Can I help? What are you making?”
At my question, Jae Ha, who had been focusing on cooking, turned around.
Thanks to his sudden turn, my nose bumped against his firm chest.
“Bulgogi rice bowl with sautéed bean sprouts. It’s almost done, just need to make the soup.”
“Already?”
He did not move away, knowing that we were close together.
Jae Ha looked down at me intently, putting down the spoon he was holding.
Several seconds passed as we held eye contact.
I moved my gaze from his deep, dark eyes to his nose, and then gradually to his straight lips.
Seeing Jae Ha watching my eyes move reminded me of what happened the night before.
Those lips might have touched if he hadn’t stopped.
“I’ll put the spoon down. I’ll do it.”
With that thought, I couldn’t maintain eye contact any longer and quickly turned away from Jae Ha.
Just as I was reaching for the cutlery, he gently wrapped his hand around my wrist.
“Let’s put that down for later. Shall we talk a little?”
“……What, what is it?”
Thanks to him pulling my wrist, I was practically drawn into Jae Ha’s embrace.
I swallowed nervously under the gaze of Jae Ha, who was looking down at me from an even closer distance than before.
‘Talk? What talk?’
Could it be about the article that came out today?
Or……
As I thought of what happened last night, my face instantly flushed and I lowered my head.
As I lowered my head, my side hair fell and obscured my view, and Jae Ha reached out.
And his big hand, which buried itself between my hair, swept my side hair away.
Startled by the soft touch reaching my ear, I raised my head.
“Have you thought about it? About what happened yesterday.”
His gaze, which looked down at me deeply, met mine.
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Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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