“Seo Ha.”
Having returned to her seat, Seo Ha was cautiously approached by Hwang Ju Hee, who wore a concerned expression.
“Didn’t the team leader just take your design book? What’s going on?”
Hwang Ju Hee was the only person in the design room who showed any personal interest in Seo Ha. Perhaps she felt some connection since they had joined the company together.
“I’m not sure. It’s probably nothing.”
“I hope so.”
Instead of her design book, Seo Ha picked up a few sheets of A4 paper and started sketching on them. Ju Hee glanced at her work and looked around before whispering in awe.
“Wow, Seo Ha, you said you were selftaught, right?”
Selftaught? Seo Ha had studied art and design throughout elementary, middle, and high school, attended a topranked university in the field, and even studied abroad.
“I just… studied hard.”
Feeling guilty, Seo Ha gave an awkward smile, hoping Ju Hee would quickly shift her attention elsewhere.
“Seo Ha, you’re really talented. I’m just a newbie, but…”
“Hello, Director Ryu!”
Unaware of Seo Ha’s feelings, Ju Hee’s chatter was interrupted by someone’s greeting.
Director Ryu? Ryu, the spy?
Seo Ha instinctively lifted her head, and unfortunately, their eyes met at the perfect timing.
Should she greet him? Should she avoid him?
As she hesitated, Ryu Kyung Joon approached and placed something on the table with a thud.
It was Seo Ha’s design book.
“And this.”
Kyung Joon put a file folder on top of the design book. Seo Ha saw the torn sketches inside and looked at Kyung Joon.
“Why did you bring this, Secretary Ryu?”
“Please stand up for a moment.”
If it had been like before, she would have just snorted and ignored it. But Seo Ha glanced at her team members, who stopped what they were doing and focused on her, and had no choice but to stand up from her seat.
She regretted moving out of the way almost immediately.
“What are you doing!”
Kyung Joon began to rummage through Seo Ha’s belongings, which had not been there for long.
“I’m looking for something.”
“Then you should ask me to find it for you. Isn’t this extremely rude?”
“…”
Kyung Joon didn’t respond. It was as if he hadn’t heard Seo Ha’s words at all; his gaze was fixed on a few sketches that had fallen out of the book.
“Ms. Jo Seo Ha.”
After a while, Kyung Joon picked up the sketches and spoke coldly.
“Follow me.”
Then he strode out just as quickly as he had entered.
“What, what’s going on, Seo Ha?”
Ju Hee grabbed the dumbfounded Seo Ha and asked anxiously. Her question was followed by others flying in from all directions.
“Did the intern cause some trouble?”
“How could you cause trouble when you’ve only been here for a short time?”
“I’ve never seen Director Ryu with that kind of expression before. What on earth did you do?”
I don’t know. I don’t know why that person is acting like this.
Seo Ha felt like she wanted to block her ears.
“I don’t know anything either. I’ll go and see what he wants and let you know.”
Could there be anyone more flustered than Seo Ha?
She understood that the spy had received the design book through Lee Ji Soo. But why did he receive it, why were the pages torn, and why did he come all the way here to find the remaining pages himself?
Seo Ha composed her expression by pressing her facial muscles and followed Kyung Joon.
The place they arrived at was Kyung Joon’s office. The spy even had an office. He was a successful spy.
Thud.
Kyung Joon closed the door and sat down.
“What are you?”
His gaze was intense and, in a way, seemed to waver. Despite it being impossible, it felt as if he saw through Yoon Seo Ha, who was hidden inside Jo Seo Ha’s shell.
“I don’t know what you’re trying to ask, sir.”
“This. What is this?”
Kyung Joon haphazardly spread a few sketches on the desk. They were all designs that Seo Ha had drawn and taken away.
“They are my designs, as you know.”
“Don’t lie!”
Kyung Joon suddenly stood up.
“These aren’t your designs. Where did you see them?”
Seo Ha’s eyebrows raised ever so slightly. Between Jo Seo Ha and Yoon Seo Ha, it was a significant scratch on her pride as a designer.
“It sounds like you’re accusing me of copying them from somewhere.”
“If not that, then!”
“Ha.”
Seo Ha let out a snort as if it was absurd.
“You must have seen a similar shape somewhere, but the human brain always makes mistakes. I don’t know what design you’re thinking of right now, but if you compare it, it won’t be exactly the same, will it?”
Kyung Joon didn’t say anything again. However, it was unclear why he was looking at Seo Ha with such a complicated expression.
“You seem to be convinced that I stole someone else’s design.”
Seo Ha slammed one hand onto the sketches. Kyung Joon’s eyes, which had been silently staring at Seo Ha, sharpened.
“What are you doing?”
“Let’s make a bet. Bring that design, and if I copied it, I’ll clean up my desk.”
“And if you didn’t? Should I resign?”
“Please hire me as a fulltime designer.”
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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