“I’m not sure exactly when it started, but I’ve come to like you.”
Trying to steady her floating heart and catch her breath, she finally managed to speak, her voice sounding awkward from the emptiness in her mind.
“Ah… um… I told you not to answer…”
That was all she could muster – a slow, whiny retort. Jun Hwi slightly furrowed his brows, smiling.
“This isn’t about the question. I just wanted to say it, regardless.”
“…”
“I thought, maybe I wouldn’t get a chance with you. Kim Yeon Woo isn’t someone who gets caught easily.”
Yeon Woo struggled to find words in response to him.
Then, realizing she had been gaping slightly, she quickly bit her lips.
“If you give me the chance to answer, I can do better than this. In a more fabulous place, enchantingly, so you’ll never forget. Do you have a specific place in mind?”
“No! No, nothing like that.”
“So, should I prepare something on my own?”
“Ah…!”
The man opposite her was clearly enjoying himself, his eyes curving mischievously.
“Um, enough, enough, I’ve heard… You can stop talking now.”
“Is that so? That’s a pity. Let me know if you want to hear it again.”
“Ha-ha. Ah. Yes.”
“I can tell you as many times as you want, whenever you want.”
His last words were the final blow. Her already dysfunctional heart used up every last bit of strength in her body.
What to do? If she moved now, she would surely betray her trembling legs.
Standing still, fidgeting with her face and hurriedly brushing back her hair, he provided a solution.
“I’ll go ahead. Take your time and come to the underground parking lot.”
“No, I’ll go by myself, Mr. Kwon.”
“You don’t seem to realize your state. You look like you might collapse while walking. It’s making people anxious.”
The next day, Yeon Woo quickly tidied her desk as soon as she arrived.
When Ji Eun heard that Yeon Woo was moving to the special situation room, her pupils shook like an earthquake.
“It’ll be at most two weeks. I’m not going far, just to another room on this floor, so call me if anything happens.”
“Yes, Deputy Kim. I’m scared, but I’ll survive somehow!”
Ji Eun’s prompt acceptance seemed admirable to Yeon Woo.
“So, Deputy Kim, are you now going to live in the conference room with Mr. Kwon for over a week?”
“Whoa, no! Living together, what are you talking about?”
Yeon Woo found it odd how Ji Eun’s words always seemed to emphasize certain aspects. She vehemently denied it, reassuring herself she wasn’t going to live there.
‘I’m already worried enough!’
Since the night before in the car, when she promised Jun Hwi to join him in the situation room, she had been concerned.
The thought of constantly facing a man she liked in the same space was baffling.
Especially him wearing glasses – was it a divine joke to match her taste in looks?
‘But drawing a clear line should be fine.’
For now, they were just a lawyer and secretary, and she had no obligation to respond to his confession.
With this in mind, she grabbed her laptop and headed for the special situation room.
“Good morning, Deputy Kim.”
“Hello, Mr. Yang.”
“I heard you decided to come here. Good thinking! We’ll be in great shape with your help.”
Yang, who had arrived first, greeted her warmly. Yeon Woo nodded and took her place at the far end of the long desk.
One by one, as people started arriving in the situation room, Yeon Woo busily greeted them and set up her workspace. It was just when she was about to open her laptop that:
“Oops!”
Jun Hwi entered the conference room, swiftly picked up Yeon Woo’s laptop, and walked inside. He placed his briefcase on his seat at the head of the table and neatly set up Yeon Woo’s laptop on the seat right next to his.
‘What? Sit there?’
Jun Hwi gestured for her to sit there, and when Yeon Woo hesitated to move from her spot at the far end, he raised his eyebrows.
‘That’s way too close!’
Still hesitating, she saw Jun Hwi about to say something. Anxious about what he might say, Yeon Woo quickly approached him.
“Mr. Kwon, I prefer my seat over there. It’s more convenient for me.”
“We agreed you’d sit next to me, didn’t we?”
This man, really! What if someone gets the wrong idea?
“Oh, um, yes, but sitting right next to you… it might be too cramped. You have a lot of documents to look at…”
“Mr. Yang.”
“Yes, Mr. Kwon?”
Out of the blue, Jun Hwi called Mr. Yang while still keeping his eyes on Yeon Woo.
“Are you free for lunch today? I need to consult with you on something.”
“Consulting with me? That’s unusual. What’s it about?”
“Various things. A lot of different matters.”
“······!”
Like last time with ‘that case,’ he seemed to be threatening to expose something to Mr. Yang again.
Yeon Woo quickly pulled out the chair to Jun Hwi’s right and sat down.
“Here, I’ll sit here.”
As soon as Yeon Woo took her seat, Jun Hwi cancelled the lunch plan he had just proposed to Mr. Yang, claiming he had forgotten he already had plans.
Mr. Yang mockingly chided him for being fickle, to which Jun Hwi just nonchalantly shrugged.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
