“Ah. Choosing a menu is also a task.”
Teasing Yeon-woo, Jun-hwi chuckled and pressed his eyes tightly.
“Then, choose two, including mine.”
“Can I do that? Just a moment! I need to strategize again.”
It was at that moment, engrossed in deciphering the menu.
“Hey, Prosecutor Kwon! Oh no, Lawyer Kwon.”
Someone approached their table and greeted them casually.
“Hello, Congressman Kang.”
“Even after several years, the ‘prosecutor’ still sticks. Oh well. Anyway, it’s been a long time!”
Jun-hwi stood up and shook hands with Congressman Kang, and Yeon-woo had to stand up too.
“Lawyer Kwon seems to get more refined every time I see him.”
“Thank you.”
“It’s the end of the year, so you must be busy, right? Come visit Yeouido sometime. Since you’re not in public office anymore, you can freely see me in private places.”
“Thank you for inviting me. I’ll make an effort to visit.”
“It’s like a knife. Still the same.”
Congressman Kang protruded his swollen belly and burst into laughter. The gold badge pinned to his suit jingled loudly.
Several men in suits standing behind Congressman Kang also burst into laughter together. Taking advantage of the chaos, Yeon-woo quietly took her seat.
The conversation between Congressman Kang and Jun-hwi continued. Mostly, Congressman Kang was the one making noise, and Jun-hwi politely listened.
No one paid attention to Yeon-woo. Yeon-woo quietly looked at the menu again, trying to alleviate her boredom.
“By the way, Lawyer Kwon, when will you meet our youngest daughter? Oh? Our daughter is waiting. She looks very pretty and charming, just like her mom.”
Yeon-woo suddenly raised her head. She met Jun-hwi’s dry gaze in the air.
It was a rude and awkward remark. Everyone could clearly see that there were only two people, a couple, at the table.
“No, I already have someone I’m meeting.”
He looked at Yeon-woo and answered firmly.
“What? Did you meet someone in the meantime?”
Following Jun-hwi’s gaze, Congressman Kang coughed as if he just recognized Yeon-woo.
His murky eyes casually scanned Yeon-woo from top to bottom. The eyes of the operatives standing behind focused on Yeon-woo as well.
“Well, I see.”
Congressman Kang responded gruffly and immediately averted his gaze.
Being judged by strangers was not pleasant. Moreover, they assessed her as if evaluating fruits or meat at a market, even measuring her with their eyes.
Yeon-woo’s cheek burned with discomfort.
“…”
After Congressman Kang left, it was the worst.
Whether it was brunch or a beautiful view, her empty mind didn’t have any thoughts. Yeon-woo clenched her fist and stared out the window in silence.
“I’ve decided on the menu.”
“Was there a match? I didn’t know.”
Blocking Jun-hwi, who spoke first, sharp words came out. Right now, she didn’t feel like adhering to etiquette.
“Not at all. Congressman Kang always tells me to meet his daughter whenever we run into each other. And I rejected it.”
Even with his retort, Yeon-woo’s simmering emotions didn’t cool down.
Like someone grabbing her ankles and shaking them upside down, her whole heart and body were in chaos, swirling like a whirlpool.
“Why didn’t you say precisely that you’re getting married soon?”
You treated it as if we were just ‘meeting someone.’
Suddenly, a sense of sadness rushed in. Yeon-woo turned her head abruptly to look at Jun-hwi.
“Do I have a reason to tell that person about my private life?”
It was an unexpected counter-question. A faint sigh escaped from Yeon-woo’s lips.
“Seeing it together, you’ll understand. We’re not even close enough for that person to know if I have a lover.”
“…”
“Why should I tell my private life to someone like that, who isn’t even invited to the wedding.”
Yeon-woo’s lips, which had lost words, slightly parted. According to logic, there was no flaw in what he said.
However, this was the realm of emotions. It’s not something to be judged with reasons or logic.
“So hurt and upset that I want to resolve everything right away!”
Right now, it feels like my heart is crumbling, and I feel like I’m going to die!
“Yes. I think I should have openly declared our marriage and forcefully cut ties. And I’m disappointed in Lawyer Kwon for not bringing up that conversation.”
Extreme excitement, surprisingly, brought calmness. Yeon-woo’s subdued voice was unexpectedly chilly.
“I don’t know about your grand world, but generally, even if there’s a lover right in front, you wouldn’t tell someone to meet your daughter so blatantly.”
“…”
“If it continues like this, even after getting married, he might ask you to meet his daughter after divorcing. Are you going to casually decline with courtesy, focusing on protecting your privacy?”
Jun-hwi’s Adam’s apple, swallowing dry saliva, trembled. It meant he was holding back his anger.
“Are you being sarcastic?”
“Not at all. I’m just predicting the future. Since that congressman is eyeing you as a desirable prey.”
She would rather be tormented by someone with a clear purpose like Park Hyun-soo or Im Na-yoon.
It was easier to hate someone like Cha Han-bin who openly did bad things.
When the person you love becomes increasingly resentful and hateful, what should you do?
“What does it mean? Is my behavior wrong?”
But Jun-hwi tried to hide the right and wrong until the end.
It felt like he was afraid someone might say he wasn’t a legal professional. Even in the midst of this, he seemed overly himself, even causing a bitter laugh.
“If something makes you angry, tell me exactly what it is. That way, I can fix or resolve it.”
“No. There’s nothing to fix about you, Lawyer. It’s all because of my narrow and inadequate self.”
“Kim Yeon-woo.”
“And our parents are not congressmen.”
To some extent, it was sincere.
If it wasn’t me but someone else, would it have been better for both of us?
I don’t have a background that would benefit him, and my heart is too narrow and insufficient to understand and embrace him, who is busy. Am I only blaming myself?
“Why is it bothering me? Is there something wrong with my attitude?”
Now, Yeon-woo, trying not to cry, asked with a rough breath, biting her lips.
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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