“Me? I only had one glass of whiskey.”
“You did have a glass. I didn’t even touch it, so you should pay.”
“Uh? Oh…”
Ji-Sang hesitated for a moment before rushing to the counter.
When he returned after paying, the two were no longer in sight.
Ji-Sang hurried up the stairs and saw Sung-Hyuk’s back. Young-In was leaning her head on his shoulder with her eyes closed. Sung-Hyuk’s large hand cradling the back of her head suggested it wasn’t just leaning but rather him encouraging it.
Ji-Sang, adjusting his smirking lips, stood next to Sung-Hyuk, who was waiting for his valet-parked car.
“Did you bring your car with the intention of doing this? Not drinking for this?”
“I intended to, but I didn’t expect it to actually happen.”
“What?”
Ji-Sang was half understanding Sung-Hyuk’s words today.
At that moment, a black SUV pulled up in front of the three.
Ji-Sang stepped forward to open the passenger door, and Sung-Hyuk gently lifted Young-In into the passenger seat. His movements were careful, as if handling something fragile.
After closing the passenger door, Sung-Hyuk gave Ji-Sang a fleeting look.
“I’m leaving first.”
“But didn’t you say you had something important to tell me today?”
“It’s less important than taking Young-In home.”
Ji-Sang’s expression soured.
“Yeah, sure, as if you care.”
“I’ll call you.”
Ji-Sang waved his hand at Sung-Hyuk, who was walking to the driver’s seat. Of course, Sung-Hyuk didn’t bother to look back.
As soon as Sung-Hyuk sat in the driver’s seat, he turned towards the passenger side.
Bending slightly to grab the seatbelt, a faint rose scent tickled his nose. The desire to touch and smell Chae Young-In as he pleased surged within him.
Suppressing his impure desires with difficulty, he buckled the seatbelt and straightened up.
He placed a finger under his nose, and though faint, he felt her warm breath.
Relieved, Sung-Hyuk openly admired the sleeping Young-In’s face.
Even if he hadn’t come, Ha-Yoon would probably have taken good care of her, but he felt glad he did.
The day Ji-Sang was originally scheduled to meet was tomorrow. After finding out where the birthday party Young-In was attending was, he rescheduled it for today.
During the meal, a comment Ha-Yoon inadvertently made while forgetting his presence became the decisive factor.
“I’m worried that Seung-Chan will insist on making the team manager drink like he did at the last dinner. It’s obvious he has some ulterior motive, but I don’t understand why.”
He came because he was concerned, but he didn’t expect Young-In to be completely intoxicated.
It was then that he heard a soft tapping on the passenger side window.
Looking up, he saw the valet parking attendant gesturing politely with both hands towards the road.
Realizing they wanted him to move the car, Sung-Hyuk straightened up and fastened his seatbelt. Then, he immediately started the car.
He remembered Young-In saying she would follow him and smiled quietly to himself, then took the chance to glance at her when the signal stopped.
Young-In, who had woken up at some point, was blinking blankly.
He usually disliked watching over drunk people, men or women alike. Especially when he was the only sober one. But he wondered why this woman, even when completely drunk, wasn’t unpleasant to look at.
“Sleep more.”
Young-In, slightly turning towards the driver’s seat, moved her lips.
“Hey… Cha Sung-Hyuk…”
Sung-Hyuk’s eyes softened. He liked hearing his name from Chae Young-In, who had stubbornly called him ‘senior’ even when they were dating.
“Do you feel… wronged… for being rejected by me? Is that why… you’re doing this?”
Sung-Hyuk thought over his feelings in response to Young-In’s question.
He didn’t feel wronged at all.
Just regret.
He regretted not rejecting her before she did, regretted accepting it too easily. The regret was bone-deep.
“If you regret… not rejecting me before… I could… reject you… Then it would be… even…”
He naturally responded, breaking free from his deep thoughts.
“If I were to reject you, wouldn’t we have to meet again?”
“Uh… that would be difficult…”
Even her slurred voice was cute.
“I take back saying you were cute when you were young. You were cute then, and you’re cute now.”
Young-In, even while drunk, looked down in embarrassment, causing him to laugh out loud. It had been a long time since he had laughed like this, and the feeling was refreshing.
“Sleep until we get home.”
Sung-Hyuk reached out with his right hand to cover Young-In’s eyes. Instead of a verbal response, he felt a slight nod.
A little later, he checked and found Young-In, like a well-behaved child, sound asleep.
His heart ached watching Chae Young-In, unguarded in front of him.
“Do I need to make her drink every day from now on?”
He pondered over this serious question.
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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