As Yuri opened the door and entered the office, everyone’s gaze turned towards the door.
“Yuri, are you feeling better now?”
“Oh, I just took a little break.”
Each one asked about Yuri’s well-being with worried expressions. The news of her collapsing and being hospitalized with a high fever seemed to have surprised everyone. It was because she had never taken a sick leave since joining the company.
Just the day before, the news of Minwoo’s overseas branch assignment had become a headline. It was not a delay in the wedding but an official announcement of its cancellation. Consequently, her colleagues seemed to perceive Yuri’s collapse as a shock from the broken engagement.
“Thank you for your concern.”
Yuri awkwardly smiled and passed by her concerned colleagues to her desk.
While colleagues expressed concern, Jeho, sitting in the adjacent seat, watched her sit down without saying a word. Yuri nodded lightly towards Jeho and immediately turned on the computer.
As she opened a program and loaded the file she was working on, the door to the office opened, and Director Kim came out. Spotting Yuri, he rolled his eyes as if astonished.
“Stubborn as ever… I told you to rest, but you stubbornly came out.”
“I rested for a week. I’m really fine now.”
“Take it easy. We managed the schedule well even without you, Yuri. If you feel tired even a bit, leave work immediately, understood?”
“Yes, Director.”
Despite Director Kim’s reassurances, he still seemed uneasy and asked Jeho, who was sitting next to Yuri, to keep an eye on her.
“If you think she can’t handle it while you watch, let her leave early.”
After finishing his words, the director, along with Seonyoung, hastily left the office. Yuri, glancing around and confirming that no one was looking at her, turned her head to Jeho. When their eyes met, she winked, closing one eye.
Yuri had been cautious not to show signs of their relationship in the company. Jeho, taken aback by the unexpected gesture, furrowed his brow.
Was it a message that she was okay, reassuring him? However, before Jeho could decipher her intentions, Yuri quickly turned her head back to the computer screen.
Staring intently at the monitor without expression, she was as serious in her work as before. Except for her hollowed cheeks due to severe illness, everything seemed the same as before.
Due to the severe illness, she had lost weight, leaving only her bones. Jeho sincerely worried about Yuri’s health.
While staying at her family home, had she taken proper care of herself?
Had she been eating regularly during this time? Why did she look paler than the last time he saw her at the hospital?
There were too many questions he wanted to ask, but due to the surrounding eyes, he couldn’t inquire.
Yuri occasionally swept her hair, which fell down, and massaged her shoulders as if tired, but she never took her eyes off the monitor. Eventually, Jeho gave up stealing glances at Yuri and walked towards the area where the printer was installed.
While scrutinizing the printed floor plan in detail, someone tapped his shoulder with their fingertip. When he turned his head, Yuri was standing behind him. With a puzzled expression, Jeho looked at her, and she pointed to the clock on the wall with her finger. The clock’s hands were about to reach noon.
“Director Kim isn’t here, so what are you going to do for lunch today? Do you have separate lunch plans?”
“No.”
“Then let’s have lunch together.”
Have lunch together?
Jeho’s eye creases slightly lifted.
It was unexpected. Yuri usually had lunch with Seonyoung.
However, today Seonyoung had gone out with Director Kim on business, leaving Yuri alone. Even so, on such occasions, she used to socialize with other colleagues. It was the first time today that she approached him to have lunch together.
Jeho, delaying his response, glanced around the office. The employees who had risen from their seats were gradually leaving the office. Somehow, everyone seemed to be in a hurry.
“A sandwich specialty shop opened in front of us. They’re giving free appetizers and drinks for the opening event, so everyone is going there for lunch today.”
“But why…?”
Before he could ask why they weren’t going together, Yuri quickly replied.
“I want to eat warm soup today instead of a sandwich.”
While having this conversation, all the employees had left the office, leaving only the two of them.
“Okay, then. Let me just tidy this up.”
Turning away from Yuri, Jeho gathered the scattered floor plans.
Watching him for a moment, Yuri leaned her body against Jeho’s back. Then, she wrapped her arms around him from behind. Startled, Jeho flinched, and she whispered with a laughter-tinged voice.
“Hush, it’s okay. There’s no one here right now.”
Putting down the floor plan he held in his hand and turning around, Jeho was met with Yuri’s gaze as she still held him with her arms. A subtle smile adorned her lips.
“What’s this? This strange atmosphere.”
“Why? Don’t you like it?”
“Hmm.”
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 🙂
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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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