Chae Yoon doubted the figure before her eyes.
However, as Jae Oh approached, he became clearer, and her widened eyes didn’t return to their normal size.
Lost in thought, she stood still until Jae Oh, who had approached, stopped in front of her.
Chae Yoon looked at him with startled eyes.
“What are you doing here?”
Jae Oh’s gaze settled on Chae Yoon’s face.
With silent eyes, he scanned her large eyes, prominent nose, and small tempting lips, then replied.
“I came to see you.”
His deep-set eyes locked with hers as he spoke.
The defiant look in his eyes felt slightly imposing, so Chae Yoon averted her gaze a little.
“…I told you I had plans.”
“Just because you have plans doesn’t mean you can’t see my face for a moment.”
Avoiding Jae Oh’s gaze, Chae Yoon’s eyes halted.
He came just to see her face for a moment.
Such words didn’t suit a man busier than anyone else.
Confused by the unfamiliar situation, Chae Yoon unconsciously swallowed dryly and asked.
“Why did you come just to see my face…?”
The answer came swiftly.
“Because I wanted to see you, even if it was for a moment.”
As if it were the most natural thing, her eyes widened even more.
It was a reason she hadn’t expected.
Whether she was flustered or not, her heart started beating at a different rhythm than before.
As the thumping in her ears grew louder, a challenging question reached her.
“But why aren’t you at the restaurant, and here instead?”
The heart that was racing furiously suddenly slowed.
It was time to reveal the reason for her lie.
A look of discomfort flitted across her pale face.
Unable to think of an immediate response, Chae Yoon bit the inside of her lips, holding back her words.
“……”
Receiving no answer from Chae Yoon, Jae Oh slightly tilted his head to gaze at her profile.
“Did you lie because you didn’t want to have lunch with me?”
Startled by Jae Oh’s voice coming from right beside her, Chae Yoon quickly leaned back and lowered her head.
“Then, why?”
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to eat with him, but that it was uncomfortable.
Because we aren’t close.
Even though they had known each other for a long time, everything felt as awkward as if it was their first time.
Chae Yoon lacked the passion and energy to explain in detail to Jae Oh, who knew nothing about her situation with Deputy Jung.
However, seeing how persistently insistent Jae Oh was today, she hesitated to be honest with him about her feelings.
She didn’t want to engage in an exhausting conversation. That’s why she canceled their plans.
While thinking about what answer might be best, his voice broke her contemplation.
“You can just tell me if you don’t want to. It’s okay.”
Engrossed in her thoughts, Chae Yoon looked up at him.
Locking eyes with Chae Yoon, Jae Oh lifted the corners of his mouth and added,
“Don’t hold back, say whatever you want.”
It was a very understanding expression.
Looking at his face, which seemed to say he would accept whatever she said, Chae Yoon’s eyes narrowed.
Such a choice of words was so like Han Jae Oh.
Chae Yoon, feeling that this man might not have the word ‘consideration’ in his mind, replied in a slightly sharp tone,
“It’s not me being overly cautious, it’s me being considerate.”
At her words, the corners of Jae Oh’s mouth stretched even wider.
“Oh, were you being considerate of me?”
For some reason, his face was brimming with delight.
For a moment, Chae Yoon felt she had missed the point.
“Are you touched?”
Typical.
Jae Oh completely missed the crux of her statement.
Chae Yoon had expected Jae Oh to give some kind of reply suggesting that being considerate was the same as being overly cautious.
But what was with this overly joyous expression?
Not understanding why Jae Oh had such an expression, and feeling slightly bemused that she had unintentionally made him happy, Chae Yoon tilted her head repeatedly in confusion.
Meanwhile, Jae Oh, after making a call to Woo Jong, said as soon as the call connected,
“Contact the hotel and ask them to bring a light meal within 30 minutes.”
Chae Yoon straightened her tilted head.
“I didn’t say I wanted to eat, did I?”
“So you’re going to skip lunch and keep working?”
“If I get really hungry later, I can have a snack.”
“Then you might as well eat a little now.”
“It’s not that, I’m just not very hungry right now…”
“I’m not asking you to eat with me.”
Chae Yoon hesitated in the middle of listing out reasons she didn’t want to eat.
Jae Oh stared directly into Chae Yoon’s eyes, realizing she might be uncomfortable being with him but unable to voice it out.
“I’ll just check what food has arrived and its condition, so go inside and rest.”
Having said that, Jae Oh turned away and began to distance himself from her.
Chae Yoon thought that Jae Oh would just leave the break room area.
However, his footsteps quickly halted.
Chae Yoon’s eyes widened as she watched Jae Oh take a seat at a table near the women’s break room.
“Why are you sitting there?”
“I told you, I’m checking the food condition before I leave.”
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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