Ha-ein suggested having a meal with Line, but Line wasn’t in the mood for that. Instead of a meal, Ha-ein compromised by taking Line to the office.
Line’s expression as she stared out the car window resembled rain-laden clouds.
“Senior Ju-hyuk… you must have felt a great sense of betrayal.”
Ha-ein nodded with a bitter smile.
“Well… even I would have felt the same way. If I were Senior Ju-hyuk, I wouldn’t want to see me again.”
Without having to switch perspectives, it was too natural for him to feel a deep sense of betrayal. Regret surged in Ha-ein; she should have been as honest with him as he had been with her. Moreover, she had been caught receiving help from Song Kang, whom Ju-hyuk didn’t regard favorably. Thinking about the betrayal he would feel, Line shivered down her spine. Everything had fallen apart because of her.
“It seems that the person currently assisting Senior Song is our director… It might be even more so. Senior Ju-hyuk harbors strong resentment towards Director Na Songgang. I will try to meet him again and explain.”
That part bothered Line the most. When she asked why it had to be Song Kang, she didn’t have the confidence to make Ju-hyuk understand. From where did things start going wrong… Everything went awry after being unjustly dismissed. Line opened the window, feeling stifled.
Then, Ha-ein’s phone rang. It was a call from Song Kang.
“Yes, Director. I went to visit a senior who got injured. Prosecutor Jin La-in is also here.”
That damn report… Line looked outside again, feeling unpleasant.
Could you please ask Prosecutor Jin La-in to answer the phone?
“Yes, understood.”
As the signal turned red, Ha-ein turned her gaze to Line.
“Senior, it seems like Director called. Please answer the phone.”
Line glanced at Ha-ein. She didn’t want to blame the inexperienced lawyer Cha Ha-ein. However, if she had just left when she said she would, she could have cooled her head.
“I’ll handle it myself. And who has the right to say I’m with you? Why are you trying to fit me into your system without my consent? I already said I’ll go on my own.”
Her questioning tone, which had become unusually sensitive, was not normal. Line knew she shouldn’t act this way, but she couldn’t control her emotions.
Even if she spoke with Song Kang, after sorting out her thoughts about Ju-hyuk, or rather, after clarifying her own position, she wanted to do it.
Ha-ein was suddenly frightened that Line might open the door and get out of the car in the middle of the road. More than that… the fact that Song Kang was still on the phone was a big problem.
“Director, I’m sorry. It seems that answering the call right now might be difficult. I’ll drop you off in front of Senior’s office and then go to the company.”
Understood. It must be tough, but please make sure to bring her to the office.
Ha-ein, no longer wanting to disturb Line, dropped her off in front of the office.
Walking around downtown at this hour felt strange to Line. How did she end up like this, expelled from her prosecutor position?
She felt so pathetic. The situation, where no one was to blame, was even worse. While strolling absentmindedly, she raised her head at a familiar scent.
“In a time like this, you didn’t answer the phone and made me come all the way here?”
It was Song Kang. Amid her worries about her safety, Line hadn’t answered the phone, so he had rushed over.
Without thoroughly examining Line’s appearance, he could still sense her mood and condition.
Seeing him, Line turned away. Today, she didn’t even want to do the things she liked. He grabbed her hand as if he were determined, leading the way.
“Let’s get some fresh air.”
“Director, I’m not in the mood for a breath of fresh air.”
“Don’t my feelings matter?”
He continued forward. He wanted to console her emotions first and then act, but the circumstances didn’t allow for that.
After driving for a while toward the outskirts of Seoul, his car finally stopped.
“Na Song-rim found out about Prosecutor Jin La-in. He obtained the CCTV footage of the day Jin La-in visited and learned that it wasn’t Representative Kim Ji-won. Of course, the Legal Affairs Director’s cooperation was probably crucial. Since he knows Prosecutor Jin La-in’s face…”
“And so?”
Line asked indifferently.
“Just knowing the name Seok Jae, it’s only a matter of time before finding out the home address. With that address, on that day…”
“And so?”
As if challenging all the crises she was facing, she repeated the same words. Everything seemed resentful—why was the world so harsh only to her?
Song Kang couldn’t understand why Line was acting this way.
“Isn’t Prosecutor Jin La-in indifferent to this fact?”
Song Kang ran around all day to grasp the whole story of the incident. He didn’t ask her to find out, but he wanted to say that it wasn’t the time for such an emotional reaction.
“In a situation where your life is at stake…”
“No. Right now, it’s not important to me.”
Line looked at him directly, putting strength into her forehead.
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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