“You haven’t told me yet, today, um. So, I’m wondering what kind of partner I am to you, Counselor.”
Instead of answering, Jun Hwi leaned his head on his left arm raised to the car window.
Yeon Woo, waiting for his answer in his gaze looking down strangely from the side, swallowed dry saliva nervously.
If he made her more uncomfortable, would her round cheeks redden again? He became curious.
“Is that important? You said you’d adjust to my liking.”
“Huh?”
“Skinship. You promised to match my pace, didn’t you, Mr. Deputy?”
Yeon Woo simply blinked rapidly before drooping her head. The corners of Jun Hwi’s mouth lifted subtly.
So transparent and open, it made me want to persist.
“I do like the ‘longtime lovers’ concept that you suggested before. Is that possible?”
“Ah… That is…”
Seeing her cheeks, earlobes, and throat turn red, I knew I had achieved my goal. I should stop here.
Truthfully, Jun Hwi’s mind was as confused as Yeon Woo’s. Today, unusually foreign thoughts were surging up.
I want to identify the cause of this uncomfortable feeling. Can I confirm it if I keep my partner close and watch?
The reason why these intricate features constantly attract my gaze.
The reason why I feel thirsty at her soft voice.
Can I understand why this unseemly impulse overwhelms me?
Jun Hwi straightened his leaned body. Even his minor movement startled Yeon Woo, making her slender shoulders shrink.
In the end, a faint smile seeped out from Jun Hwi’s lips.
I would love to push her more and enjoy her desperate reactions but…
“You don’t need to worry. I will introduce you as a colleague.”
We have plenty of time. I decided to savor and confirm it slowly.
Like a macaron that leaves sweetness in my mouth and disappears smoothly. It would be a pity to melt this unfamiliar yet delightful sensation at once.
“Ah, yes! I understand, attorney.”
Upon his words, Yeon Woo visibly regained her spirit. Like a rabbit released from a predator’s paw, hopping around.
He leisurely observed Yeon Woo and was the first to get out of the car.
Following him, Yeon Woo, who had gotten out of the car, neatly adjusted the suit jacket that was draped over her shoulder and extended it to him.
“This is my first time attending such an event for work, but I will do my best not to bother you, attorney.”
Her tidy voice along with her beautifully curved eyes.
His sanity, which he had barely brought back, was drifting away again.
“I understand.”
Jun Hwi, trying hard to shake off the lingering thoughts, took the jacket.
Jun Hwi’s steps towards the elevator were slower than usual. To give Yeon Woo, who was always busy following him, time to catch up leisurely.
There’s no need to make her breathless today. This is not the office.
Yeon Woo struggled desperately to hide the exclamation that kept wanting to burst out.
‘Wow, it’s much more amazing than I thought!’
The garden of the French embassy residence, where the event was taking place, was truly a perfect party venue as if from a fairy tale.
It was the only low yard buried between dense highrise buildings, surrounded by tall, large trees.
Such a striking contrast gave the illusion of being in a cozy yet unreal place.
A dark autumn evening. Hundreds of lights installed on the ground and trees emitted light of different sizes.
Even the gently flowing classical melody of string instruments contributed to the romantic and elegant atmosphere.
Scattered white tables on a wide lawn. The large and majestic marble building visible behind reinterpreted the eaves of a Korean house in a modern way.
I fell for the sophisticated classic beauty of the ambassador’s residence reflecting a faint light through the fulllength glass.
Yeon Woo was so immersed in the atmosphere that she almost forgot why she was here.
“Excuse me for a moment. I have a call. Please wait here.”
But thanks to the deep voice of the man who came with her, she was able to remind herself that this was work.
Pull yourself together. Yeon Woo nodded her head while tightly closing her slightly parted lips.
‘Anyway, I should enjoy it since I came.’
Think positively. Although the process was rough, it seemed to be quite interesting.
Yeon Woo stood at the entrance, waiting for him who had gone to make a call. Even then, her eyes didn’t rest as she watched the dazzling people.
The people coming and going, regardless of gender and nationality, all looked like they could walk a runway right away.
Yeon Woo had chosen a bold burgundy halterneck dress, but it turned quite modest and demure upon arrival here.
If she had come in her usual office look, she might have attracted attention for different reasons.
Who knew that it would turn out well to spend a huge amount of money to provoke Jun Hwi! It seemed that she could be a bit more confident with him.
She shook off her guilt. And solved the physical contact issue.
‘All I need to do now is my job.’
Yeon Woo cleared her throat and adjusted her offshoulder dress. It was time to get ready to enjoy, exchanging brief eye contact and greetings with the people she met.
“Yeon Woo!”
Then she raised her head at the sound of someone calling her name in a lively manner.
A skinny woman in a purple mini dress was waving her hand with a bright smile from across.
She was not someone Yeon Woo particularly wanted to encounter. Especially in this situation with Kwon Jun Hwi.
[What kind of proposal do women like? Give me some hints]
[I’m going to propose to Ji Woo]
[I guess I should have a ring, right?]
Thump. Thump. Thump.
The conversation with Cha Han Bin came to mind. Her heart beat uncomfortably.
The unpleasant feeling she had forgotten for a while crept back up, making Yeon Woo feel dizzy.
Strength instinctively went into the hand that held the clutch. However, Yeon Woo quickly relaxed her stiff face and forced a greeting.
“…Ji Woo.”
Yoon Ji Woo. Yeon Woo’s awkward college friend and Cha Han Bin’s lover.
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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