When Haejin lowered her eyes, she could see a restorative meal, and when she looked up, she saw Taehong eating.
How did they end up having a meal together?
When he suggested going out to eat together, she thought it would be a light meal. However, as always, the expectations were off, and the prepared dishes were diverse and plentiful.
“Aren’t you eating?”
His gaze remained fixed on the same untouched food. Although he gestured for her to eat quickly, the pace didn’t pick up as expected.
Haejin only realized it after the ordered food arrived. She had come to receive the clutch bag, but he hadn’t brought it.
Even if they were to eat together, the plan was to have a simple meal and part ways. However, even that plan didn’t go well with Taehong.
“Doesn’t it suit your taste?”
Haejin emptied the glass of water. Upon doing so, he refilled the glass.
“Should I order something else? Or should we go somewhere else?”
There was no option like it would be better to go home. Shaking her head nervously, she emptied the refilled glass again. He filled it once more.
“Do you feel thirsty?”
Since there was no option of him sending her home if she said the food didn’t suit her, she had chosen to drink water.
“Keep drinking if you’re thirsty. I have a trauma with cold water, you know.”
“Trauma?”
Only then did Haejin properly look at him. At his mention of trauma, she was momentarily flooded with concern.
“If you had such a trauma, you should have mentioned it last night.”
She had been the one to offer cold water from the refrigerator when he said he was thirsty. If she had known about the trauma, she wouldn’t have done that, of course. Haejin carefully examined him with a worried heart.
“Don’t look at the person who gave you the trauma with those eyes. It makes my heart flutter.”
What is he talking about? I didn’t have a trauma related to cold water before; did I give him a trauma?
“What did I say when I gave you cold water yesterday?”
Ah, so the trauma related to cold water arose from last night. If I had known about it…
Haejin quietly put down the chopsticks she was holding. Then, she drank the water he had filled.
“Team leader, this doesn’t seem right.”
Even in front of the still-warm food, the two hadn’t picked up their chopsticks.
“What doesn’t seem right?”
He raised his long sleeves on the back of the empty chair next to him. It seemed like a gesture that would be sufficient to let her in, but it wasn’t. Speaking words that he wouldn’t like could lead to trouble.
“Yesterday, I told the team leader all my emotions, and we said that we are neither above nor below each other as colleagues in the company.”
His forehead noticeably wrinkled. It was clear that he didn’t like what she said.
“Must it be like that?”
He questioned. It was also a way of saying he had no intention of thinking that way.
“Why must it be like that?”
Her answer stopped at his counter-question. She had to find an answer to the question of why, but she had no intention of waiting for him to find it.
“That’s the decision of the designated delegate. I clearly spoke about my emotions yesterday too.”
“That is…”
She opened her mouth to speak but soon closed it. She couldn’t bring herself to question what he saw in her gaze. She saw herself reflected in his trembling pupils.
“I’m just a woman who left because I felt burdened.”
Someone had told her to carry the luggage with a grumble.
“It keeps flickering in front of my eyes.”
Someone had said she would loiter at the gym.
“I say things that make me want to give it all away for no reason.”
Someone had said her legs would wobble after an hour of kissing.
“Exactly, why did you show such a sight?”
Jeonghae, well, what could she do? You stepped on it yourself.
Every word he spoke contained a deep longing for Haejin. This was not something to hide. He wouldn’t give up until the end, and how long could she keep pushing him away?
“Eat. Jung, who had a meal with you, can’t be ignored. I’ll start with that.”
He shrugged his shoulders. He gestured with his chin to pick up the utensils and started eating again.
Watching him, Haejin had no choice but to use the last resort.
“The chairman has given instructions.”
In the end, she brought it up. It wasn’t the fundamental cause, but she wanted to blame it on something. She hoped this method would work on him.
“The chairman is showing great interest in Team Leader’s marriage.”
The words flowed smoothly afterward. Seyoung was mentioned, and Juntae added that he wanted to make a son-in-law similar to Yeonchang.
“Even if this marriage doesn’t happen this time, the chairman won’t give up.”
The last words were Haejin’s thoughts, but she added them. She wanted to turn the problem that couldn’t be solved between them into Juntae’s fault.
Cowardly, Jeonghae. Even though she poured laughter at herself in her mind, there was nothing she could do.
“Okay. I got it.”
However, Taehong didn’t listen attentively as Haejin spoke. He never made eye contact, only focusing on eating.
“Is that the end of the conversation?”
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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