It is truly a grateful thing to have someone to rely on when times are tough. Today, Yulli felt a pang of envy that Yuri had someone to lean on.
Whom should I rely on?
The doorbell kept ringing persistently. Hurriedly finishing his shower, Jeho casually put on a robe and went to the living room.
Who could it be at this late hour?
Jeho checked the visitor on the doorphone screen and furrowed his brow. Yulli was staring blankly at the monitor. Without even thinking about dressing properly, Jeho rushed out in his robe.
As he opened the front door, she leaned into him as if to embrace him.
“Yulli?”
“I’m sorry. But I feel a bit dizzy…”
Resting her face against Jeho’s chest, she whispered softly. Yulli’s body seemed to collapse, as if intoxicated, but there was no smell of alcohol.
Her body was just cold, like ice. Still, should he feel relieved that she at least put on her outerwear today?
“Don’t stand like this here, come inside.”
Jeho closed the front door and embraced Yulli as he carried her. Passing through the entrance and the living room, he walked straight into the bedroom. He gently removed her jacket so she could be comfortable.
“What happened? You said you were going to a gathering today.”
As he took off the jacket, a silk blouse was revealed.
Jeho unbuttoned the blouse while gently stroking Yulli’s arms with his palm. How long had she been outside to feel this cold? Her skin felt so chilly that it gave him goosebumps.
“I went to the gathering and then came home. I was talking with Yuri for a bit… But I felt it would be more comfortable to sleep at the apartment, so I took a taxi… Suddenly, I felt suffocated. So, I got off and walked a bit.”
“How long did you walk?”
Instead of answering, Yulli just looked at Jeho with a somewhat secretive smile. As if she knew what she wanted to say, Jeho furrowed his brow.
“Are you serious?”
Did she walk all the way here?
The reason she collapsed wasn’t because she was drunk, but because she was too exhausted.
Whether she took a taxi or walked after getting off, he didn’t know, but if she walked, it would have taken at least more than two hours. Jeho looked down at Yulli in disbelief as he held her in his arms.
She leaned against his chest, blinked her eyes slowly, as if about to fall asleep.
“At first, I just walked. But while walking… Hoo, I remembered the promise I made with Mr. Jeho. So, I came.”
“I made a promise with you?”
Yulli nodded, raised her body slightly, looked at Jeho for a while, and then gently raised her hand to touch his cheek.
“…I told you never to be in pain alone. If you feel even a little hurt, tell me right away.”
Yulli pointed at her chest with her finger.
“It hurts so much right now.”
“What happened?”
“Well, a lot happened.”
Yulli smiled faintly, spread her arms wide, and hugged Jeho’s neck.
“So, comfort me a bit.”
It wasn’t Yuri’s fault, but the fact remained that Yulli had once again been hurt.
Unable to stay at her family’s house, Yulli left, using a valid excuse. While riding a taxi toward the studio, her chest became so tight that it felt like she couldn’t breathe.
Yulli, who got off the taxi without a plan, wandered the streets aimlessly. She started getting annoyed with herself for being so clueless.
Even if she didn’t get angry, she could say a few unpleasant words to make Yulri come to her senses. However, without saying anything, she comforted her sobbing sister.
Then suddenly, Jeho’s image came to mind. His shoulders, which encouraged her to lean on them.
Even though she knew it was an act, she wanted to lean on those broad shoulders just for today.
She needed a comforting presence, even if it was an illusion. She needed someone who would kindly comfort her. She thought that she should use him as much as he used her.
Whatever he was thinking inside, she would interpret it the way she wanted.
Jeho hugged Yulli silently without saying anything. Nestled in his arms, Yulli took a long breath, trembling slightly. She still seemed cold, as if the chill hadn’t left her yet.
“I guess it won’t work. You should take a hot shower.”
Upon hearing that, Yulli shook her head and nestled into Jeho’s arms.
“I’m tired. I just want to sleep.”
“In that case, don’t shower. Just get into the bathtub.”
It wasn’t a suggestion but an order. Jeho, who had prepared hot water, put Yulli, still in her clothes, into the bathtub. Exhausted in both body and mind, Yulli didn’t want to move at all, so she obediently left her body to him.
While looking into each other’s eyes, Jeho unbuttoned the wet blouse. As their gazes intensified, the steam from the hot water gradually filled the bathroom.
“Don’t go to work today and take a break, okay?”
The next morning, Jeho looked at Yulli, who insisted on going to work, with a puzzled expression.
“It’s okay.”
“Listen to me.”
There was a reason for Jeho’s concern. Due to the excessive strain last night, Yulli suffered from muscle pain as if her entire body had been beaten. However, she couldn’t just lie in bed.
“I have to keep moving. If I stay still, it hurts even more.”
Still, as Jeho’s worried expression didn’t fade, Yulli added a word.
“Don’t worry. Until last year, I participated in charity marathons every year.”
Instead of attending the politician Chae’s event, Yulli used to participate in charity marathons. It was more of a walk than a run, but she never gave up and completed it. So, she was somewhat confident in her ability to walk for a long time.
However, last night, she wore heels instead of sneakers, and she hadn’t fully recovered yet, so her body was strained.
“I’ll go home, change, and go to work. I’ll leave first.”
Yulli quickly finished the tomato juice that Jeho handed over as a morning substitute and stood up from her seat.
“By the way, maybe…”
As Yulli walked towards the entrance, Jeho opened his mouth.
“Don’t you have something to say to me?”
Yulli turned around with a puzzled look on her face. Jeho, who had risen from the dining table, approached Yulli slowly and pressed her chest firmly with his palm.
“The reason this hurt so much was because of here.”
He had mentioned that there were many things going on. However, last night, she didn’t say anything until the end. She just entrusted her body to him completely in the bathtub.
He didn’t expect or ask for an answer, but that didn’t mean he could just stay silent. Yulli, who was silently looking at Jeho, faintly smiled and nodded.
“If Jeho said he missed me and that’s why it hurt, would you believe it?”
“Did I end up hurting you after all?”
Knowing it was a lie, Jeho could only laugh along with her.
“It seems so when I hear it.”
Yulli’s eyes, filled with meaning, sparkled towards Jeho.
“It seems like Jeho is the one who hurt me…”
For a moment, Jeho’s eyes narrowed as if he was tense.
Perhaps he was unintentionally about to reveal the suppressed truth now, making him tense up.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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