December 30th. The day of personnel relocation and promotion announcement.
As expected, Yeon Woo’s name was not on the promotion list.
“Just enjoy your favorite beef at today’s company dinner.”
“You’ll definitely make it next year!”
“Getting promoted to manager is always tough.”
In the office pantry, in the restroom, everyone she met offered their sympathies, making her feel awkward. No matter how much she reassured them, they were all over her, trying to comfort her, holding her hand, and offering her hugs.
Therefore, Yeon Woo breezily announced that she was going to drink a lot at tonight’s company dinner. She was feeling a bit peckish for alcohol, out of embarrassment.
She quietly sat down. Then, a message flashed on her messenger.
[ㅠㅠ] These short two syllables sent by Cha Han Bin were filled with many emotions.But the absence of promotion wasn’t a huge blow to Yeon Woo. It only caused slight discomfort to someone who had decided to quit anyway.
[I’m okay. It’s as expected.] Yeon Woo was replying to Cha Han Bin when she saw the canned coffee on her desk. Her typing slowed.“······.”
It was the coffee that Kwon Jun Hwi gave her on the rooftop. He gave her two, she drank one that day, and one was placed on her desk where she could easily see it.
Although it was just a coffee, it felt like he was watching over her.
If it felt like being held back by the person who made her decide to quit, it would be a crazy thought.
There was no reason to stay in this organization where stable promotions and a clean worklife balance were no longer applicable to Yeon Woo.
Having the promotion clearly denied today, her fighting spirit for successful job change soared anew.
If she wanted to leave without regrets, she had to start by getting rid of the canned coffee in her sight.
Those moments when her heart sank, as well, they all had to be cast out from her memory.
That moment when a man, so stubbornly unilateral, knelt on one knee and gazed at her strangely.
When she was so bothered that he growled at her to leave right away, she left a macaron secretly.
From carefully pulling out deep wounds and begging her to listen to him, to look at him, those persistent, hard, black eyes. Everything.
Although there were times when she fiercely pondered what this ambiguous vibe was, it stopped there.
Moreover, she did not want those uncertain emotions to clearly show. It would be obvious that it’s the kind of emotion that shouldn’t exist between an attorney and a secretary, or between a superior and a subordinate.
‘So, you’re not quitting? You will, right?’
Either way, the conclusion was to quit, and it’s something that could be easily forgotten once shaken off.
Yeon Woo, who rubbed her face quite hard with a dry washcloth, opened the lukewarm canned coffee and drank it in one go.
The empty can went into the trash without regret.
Yeon Woo stood up, donned her padding, and moved to the dinner venue with Miss Hye Jin.
The yearend party for the whole Roan Yul Law Firm.
It was a gathering arranged over a few floors. People were bustling about, enjoying the relaxed atmosphere typical of yearend events and the company of faces they hadn’t seen in a while.
Yeon Woo, determined to get revenge on her company’s money, fully charged ahead with beef and Soju at the first round.
Those who were left after the first round headed to the second round at a wine bar.
Every drink she tasted that day seemed sweet. Yeon Woo was satisfied with the sweet wine that stuck to her mouth after the Soju.
When they were deep into chitchat ranging from trending SNS videos, traveling, wealth management, stocks, and beyond, it happened.
“I’m late.”
She had been laughing and lifting her head when she made eye contact with Jun Hwi, who was belatedly joining the dinner.
He happened to take the seat next to her which was empty. The chilly winter wind lingering on Jun Hwi’s coat made Yeon Woo shudder.
“Ah, Attorney Kwon. Have you finished your work?”
“Yes. Ah, I’m okay with the wine. I have another call later.”
He confidently refused the wine offered by the senior attorney across from him.
His workaholic tendencies, as if he handled all of Roan Yul’s business alone, didn’t look pleasant in Yeon Woo’s eyes today.
“Attorney. Have you seen the breaking news about H Heavy Industries?”
“Ah, I heard about it a while ago. Seems like they’ll get sued in the U.S too, right? How much are we talking about?”
“When I met Executive Park from the strategy department last time.”
Are we really talking about work at a dinner?
As soon as Jun Hwi interrupted and brought up a work topic, the fun cooled down instantly. Yeon Woo silently lowered her eyes, pretending to listen, and instead, kept sipping her wine.
Because of this, she was quickly threatening her usual limit with the alcohol and, on top of that, sleepiness started to creep in.
‘Ah, this is boring. Should I move to another table?’
Just when she thought that and was about to sneakily stand up, her body, hastily raised, lost balance due to the alcohol.
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
*
Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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