Jae Oh, seeing Chae Yoon at a loss for words, recalled his own swirling emotions.
From the moment he left Chae Yoon’s house the previous day to the moment he returned, he was engulfed in contemplation.
Whether to let Chae Yoon go or not.
When he thought of Chae Yoon, who had been hurt due to his indifference over three years, he felt it was right to release her.
He, who had treated Chae Yoon almost as if she was invisible, had no right to hold onto her.
Yet, every time he thought of letting her go, a slew of petty excuses held him back.
Is it really right to let her go like this?
Wouldn’t it be better to make her, who had suffered for three years because of him, smile a bit before letting go?
More than anything, every hindering thought converged on ‘I don’t want to let Chae Yoon go.’
Surprised by his surging possessiveness, Jae Oh cursed himself.
‘Crazy bastard.’
A selfish jerk, always thinking only of himself.
Though he tried to find reason and criticize his stubborn head that insisted he couldn’t be without Chae Yoon, it was to no avail.
Simply, the thought of letting go of Chae Yoon was more dreadful than death.
So, he pondered.
How could he keep Chae Yoon?
The first thought was to confess his current feelings.
At that, Jae Oh scoffed.
‘As if that would work.’
He doubted the sincerity of suddenly confessing his feelings now after years of indifference. Hence, he devised another approach, leading to the idea of a one-month grace period.
“You can call me selfish, a bastard who only thinks of himself, and I won’t mind.”
“…….”
“I’ll accept whatever consequences, just give me a bit more time.”
Three years wasn’t a short period. Therefore, as Chae Yoon mentioned, not much will change in just a month.
However, Jae Oh didn’t care.
What he needed at the moment wasn’t ‘time’ to be by Chae Yoon’s side but Chae Yoon’s ‘permission’.
If she granted him permission to stay by her side, he, who intended to use this as a foundation to win Chae Yoon’s heart, gazed quietly at the surprised Chae Yoon.
A silence descended between them.
In that stillness, Chae Yoon, barely regaining her senses, shifted her large eyes to capture Jae Oh clearly in her view.
[I can’t be without you.]While those words almost took her breath away, a thought surfaced.
‘In the end, you’ll be the one who gets hurt.’
Having heard words that were virtually a confession and still having such thoughts meant…
‘There probably is no hope.’
With a decision made, Chae Yoon responded.
“I’m sorry. That can’t happen.”
As she slightly lowered her head to speak, a trace of bitterness was evident on her lips.
“In life, there are things that work out with effort, and things that don’t…”
“That’s not it.”
She was about to add that they belonged to the latter category when Jae Oh’s voice interrupted her.
Jae Oh, locking eyes with Chae Yoon, corrected her words with depth in his gaze.
“It’s not that we’re not destined for each other, it’s that I was too foolish.”
Confidence was evident in his words, causing ripples in Chae Yoon’s eyes.
It was a slight reaction, but Jae Oh caught it.
“I won’t ask you to come to me.”
“…….”
“I will come to you, so watch.”
In his eyes, while speaking, there coexisted a fierce determination and desperation.
It felt as if he was saying he would do anything to win her heart, creating a turmoil in Chae Yoon’s heart.
‘Why is he going to such lengths?’
Chae Yoon couldn’t decipher Jae Oh’s intentions.
Thus, she found herself unable to articulate a response.
Then, his voice reached her once more.
“When you go to court, they give time before finalizing a divorce.”
A grace period.
“Just give me that much.”
His demanding gaze was piercing.
Confronted with such a genuine gaze, Chae Yoon closed her eyes momentarily to reflect.
The time he sought was one month.
Not particularly short, but would anything change during that not-so-long period?
No matter how much she thought about it, in the moment of wondering what she should do, he made a suggestion.
“If after one month, your feelings remain the same, then I truly won’t say anything and we’ll divorce.”
“…….”
“If you don’t trust me, we can put it in writing.”
Chae Yoon wasn’t sure where Jae Oh’s confidence came from, but she couldn’t decline when he was going to such lengths.
Once she glanced at the divorce papers with his signature, she said,
“Just one month.”
Finally, she gave her consent.
Relieving his anxious heart, Jae Oh inadvertently curved his lips into a smile.
Seeing this, Chae Yoon’s pupils dilated in surprise.
Her heart fluttered momentarily at his unexpected smile.
‘What the…?’
Worried her feelings might show, Chae Yoon quickly turned her head and said,
“If you’re done talking, please leave. Now.”
She told him to leave, but she didn’t hear him move.
Curious about what Jae Oh was doing, Chae Yoon stole a glance.
He was finishing his glass of water, leaning comfortably against the sofa.
Seeing this unexpected sight, Chae Yoon stared at him directly.
“What are you doing?”
Jae Oh replied nonchalantly,
“I should finish what you offered me before leaving.”
Then he sipped the water as if he were savoring hot tea, leisurely.
Baffled by Jae Oh’s behavior, Chae Yoon found herself staring silently at him.
Then their eyes met.
Confronted with his direct gaze, a flustered Chae Yoon blurted out,
“Ah, you don’t need to finish it, just leave quickly.”
She thought saying this would definitely make him leave.
However, his response was far from what Chae Yoon had anticipated.
“It’s a gesture you gave, leaving it would make me feel uneasy.”
Her eyes widened in surprise.
“You’re not the type to care about things like that, are you?”
In response to her question, Jae Oh shot back,
“But, have you eaten?”
He looked like he had no intention of leaving whatsoever.
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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