“Jina Manager.”
Before lunch, Yoonju approached Jina.
“Yes.”
Jina, who was checking the report, turned her gaze.
“Please handle the transfer.”
“What? You, Yoonju?”
“It seems like Manager Jihye is having a hard time.”
Jina glanced briefly at Ji-hye’s seat beyond the partition. Ji-hye seemed to be struggling with something, rummaging through documents.
“Yoonju, you must have a lot on your plate too…”
“I have something I need to apologize to the manager for.”
Yoonju clasped her hands together and awkwardly smiled.
“Something to apologize for…”
Jina echoed Yoonju’s words.
“I tend to separate work and personal matters.”
She didn’t want to burden Yoonju with personal issues related to the company.
“No, it’s a work-related matter, so I should handle it.”
Yoonju spoke to Jina with a somewhat determined face.
“I know it’s something unforgivable. I want to be forgiven by the manager to put my mind at ease.”
“Yoonju, you’re being too hard on yourself.”
“…?”
At the unexpected words, Yoonju’s eyebrows slightly raised. Looking at Yoonju’s tense expression, Jina smiled subtly.
“What’s wrong with being a little ambitious? It’s for your own happiness in the end.”
“Ah…”
The villain went to jail. The remaining victim bore the scars all alone. Jina’s eyes softened.
“If Yoonju becomes happy, I’ll forgive you.”
Jina always felt uneasy about Yoonju. She behaved as if she recognized her own guilt. Although she pretended to be calm, Jina couldn’t ignore her actions observed by other company employees.
“Manager… Can I be happy?”
Yoonju spoke to Jina with an uncertain voice.
Such a sight overlapped with Jina’s old self. It was when she was betrayed in love and suffered intensely.
If it hadn’t been for Jinwoo, she would have torn herself apart and lived. And eventually, she would have been consumed by darkness.
“You can be happy even if you’re not. Yoonju.”
Jina felt the same way.
She thought she didn’t deserve happiness and resented herself for her mistakes.
But Jinwoo embraced that self. He loved himself without giving up.
“So, do your best to be happy.”
“… Yes.”
Yoonju’s clasped hands trembled faintly.
“I’ll discuss the transfer with Ji-hye. If Yoonju helps, she will probably be pleased, but I don’t want to burden Yoonju with too much work.”
“Yes. Understood.”
At Jina’s words, Yoonju gave a slightly brighter nod and returned to her place.
The scars hadn’t completely disappeared. They remained as faint traces on the skin, like lingering marks. They would probably remain until the end of her life.
However, now, looking at those scars, it didn’t bother her anymore. She no longer felt sad, and tears didn’t flow. It didn’t hurt anymore.
Yoonju also hoped for that. Not to struggle anymore…
The phone vibrated.
[Sis, want to have lunch together?]It was Jinwoo’s text. After becoming the vice president, the busy Jinwoo, whenever he had a moment to breathe, tried to spend time with Jina.
[Sure, sounds good.]A text from Jinwoo came frighteningly quickly with a smiling face.
[Come up at lunchtime. I’ll order your favorites.]A man with a sense of style.
Jina chuckled. She thought that if it was an office romance, it wouldn’t happen twice. Now, they openly became an office couple. The reality she never dreamed of still didn’t feel real.
“Sis.”
When Jina opened the vice president’s office door, the afternoon sunlight poured into the office similar in size to the executive office.
“Is it time for lunch with me?”
Jinwoo, who had rolled up his sleeves and was examining documents, warmly greeted Jina. Rising abruptly, Jinwoo approached Jina and hugged her tightly.
“Of course.”
The table in front of the guest reception sofa already had various dishes.
“Tteokbokki, pasta, pizza, sushi, set meal…?”
Jina’s eyes widened as she recited the dishes.
“Are you eating with someone else, not just me?”
At Jina’s question, Jinwoo chuckled and seated her on the sofa.
“I ordered different things for what you want to eat and what Jiwu wants to eat.”
Tastes changed frequently. Knowing this, Jinwoo had ordered by category.
“I can’t stop you. I don’t think I can eat all this. Should I invite Jihye and Yoonju?”
“Do as you please, sis.”
While Jinwoo and Jina’s time alone was important, Jina also felt reluctant to waste these precious dishes.
A few minutes later, when Jihye and Yoonju came up to the vice president’s office, their mouths fell open.
“We didn’t know you were having a party in the vice president’s office today.”
Jihye shook her head, sticking out her tongue. Yoonju asked a bit awkwardly.
“Can we dare to eat this?”
Jinwoo nodded approvingly.
“Of course. Besides, not long ago, when our sister Jina had cramps, I wanted to thank Manager Jihye and Yoonju for helping, so I thought I’d treat you.”
Wisely tearing a wooden chopstick, Jihye jokingly said, “It might be a bit weak for you.”
“Of course, consider today’s meal a tasting.”
Jinwoo quickly responded to Jihye. Jihye, with a satisfied smile, held the chopsticks and faced the end.
“The best husband, the best dad, the best vice president.”
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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