Young-in quickly turned around and hurried back the way she came.
Hae-yoon, surprised, followed her with wide eyes.
“Manager, what’s wrong?”
Young-in paused, spotting the restroom.
“…I, I urgently need to use the restroom.”
Hae-yoon hurriedly followed Young-in into the restroom.
“I was so startled when your face suddenly turned pale. I thought you were sick.”
Young-in reflexively looked in the mirror. True to Hae-yoon’s words, her complexion was pale. Sweat was forming in her palms.
“I need to be in the office, Hae-yoon.”
“Okay, have a good meeting.”
Hae-yoon promptly left the restroom to let her manager have some privacy.
Once inside a stall, Young-in locked the door and let out a long sigh.
She felt a sense of relief that she hadn’t encountered Seong-hyuk’s mother, but was also disgusted with herself for hastily hiding away like a guilty person.
That day, his mother hadn’t raised her voice at all. She had spoken elegantly and then stood up to leave.
Despite that, it was more humiliating than ever because Young-in felt that Han In-sook, Seong-hyuk’s mother, didn’t regard her as an equal.
The thought that she had dared to overstep her bounds was enough to make her reflect on herself.
Suddenly, she wondered.
If she had faced his mother in the hallway just now, would she have been reprimanded for still hovering around her son? Could she have retorted that it was his son who was orbiting around her?
She couldn’t be sure. She hadn’t expected to be so utterly startled upon seeing Seong-hyuk’s mother.
But one thing was certain.
To Seong-hyuk, she might be his only deficiency, but to everyone else, including herself, she was the only flaw.
Han In-sook had not seen Young-in’s face. She simply thought two women had suddenly turned around and disappeared.
How could she suspect that Chae Young-in was working at SL Entertainment? It was unimaginable.
Entering the CEO’s office, a poised secretary stood up to greet her.
“How did you get here?”
“It’s me, Cha Seong-hyuk’s mother.”
The secretary’s eyes widened in surprise.
“…Ah, hello.”
“Is Cha Seong-hyuk alone?”
“Yes.”
“Then, please tell him his mother is here.”
“Just wait a moment, please.”
After stepping out and back into the office, the secretary gestured politely towards the office door.
“Please, go in.”
“Thank you.”
Responding with a smile, Han In-sook entered the office and greeted her son with a smile.
“Son.”
“Please, take a seat.”
Seong-hyuk pointed to the sofa with an expressionless face as he stepped away from the desk.
“Why did you come without calling? There was no notice from the security team downstairs either.”
Like any other company, SL Entertainment’s building wasn’t open to just anyone. Visitors needed to get a pass from the security team on the first floor to use the elevators.
If an unexpected visitor came to meet the CEO, the normal procedure would be to contact the secretary first, but the secretary said she hadn’t received any notice.
“I was curious about your work, so I stopped by on the way. I told them not to call as I’d go up quietly.”
Seong-hyuk waited for Han In-sook to take a seat before sitting opposite her.
“I have a meeting at 4 p.m.”
Han In-sook, even though there were only 10 minutes left, seemed relaxed.
“I’ll be quick. But let’s have dinner together.”
“Dinner?”
“I’m on my way to get my hair done. It’ll take about three hours. How about 7 p.m.?”
“Do you have something to tell me?”
Han In-sook frowned as if hurt.
“Do I have to have a specific reason to have a meal with my son?”
Seong-hyuk realized that since his return to Korea, he had never had a meal alone with his mother.
In fact, this was only the second time he had seen his mother’s face. Even for a son as indifferent as him, pretending to be too busy felt wrong to his conscience.
“Is there anything specific you’d like to eat?”
A smile returned to Han In-sook’s face.
“Let’s meet at the K Hotel restaurant. Make a reservation under your name.”
“Okay.”
“I’m leaving now.”
“…….”
Seong-hyuk could only watch in surprise as his mother coolly stood up to leave.
Young-in finished her work and left the office to meet a drama writer she was close to.
Upon reaching the underground parking lot, her eyes immediately went to the CEO’s designated parking spot.
It was empty.
‘Has he left work?’
After walking to her car and hesitating for a while, Young-in picked up her phone and called Seong-hyuk.
After a short ring, the call connected.
Hey, Young-in.
“…….”
It sounded so natural, as if they had spoken just that morning, causing the caller herself to be taken aback.
Is this the first time you’ve called me in three years?
Young-in took a moment to compose herself before speaking.
“Is it okay to talk for a bit?”
Sure. I’m driving.
“I wanted to ask you something.”
Go ahead.
“Do your parents know why you came to SL Enter?”
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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