“Nuna, you’ve never been lacking to me.”
Not even once.
Jinwoo’s eyes, deep with sincerity as he spoke, seemed almost perilously captivating.
“Seo Jinwoo. You’re really like the ocean.”
At Ji Na’s words, Jinwoo asked with a smile as refreshing as the sea.
“The ocean?”
“Yes, like the ocean that stirs my heart. You.”
“…….”
“I’m just a small rowboat over there.”
Following the direction of Ji Na’s finger, Jinwoo’s gaze landed on a small fishing boat, helplessly swaying with the rolling waves.
“Seo Jinwoo.”
Don’t shake me too much.
Even without you, I am, I am, a negligible existence swaying even at the smallest wave.
Words she couldn’t utter swirled in her mouth.
“Have a good trip.”
I’ll try to be strong enough to withstand even the slightest turbulence.
“Yes.”
Jinwoo replied lowly, filled with reluctance.
Despite lacking the courage to look back at him, Ji Na turned her head under the hot sun.
“Don’t cheat while I’m waiting.”
Her slightly serious voice came out exaggerated. The sincerity in Ji Na’s eyes briefly met Jinwoo’s gaze.
Unsure since when he had been staring, Jinwoo looked at her steadily, his dark brown pupils appearing lighter in the glaring light.
As their eyes met, Jinwoo smiled and spread his palm over Ji Na’s head, casting a small shadow.
The sudden shade made Ji Na’s heart flutter. Despite the blocked sunlight, the heat of his gaze was still palpable.
“Yes.”
Unlike his blazing gaze, reminiscent of sunlight, Jinwoo’s response was plain.
“I only have eyes for Nuna. No other woman.”
He murmured softly, close enough for their noses to almost touch.
His voice lingered in her ears, distinct even amidst the ceaseless crashing waves.
Ji Na slowly wrapped her arms around his neck, and their lips met.
The waves still tickled their feet, the sun overhead was scorching, but their kiss was breathtakingly sweet.
The dreamlike weekend passed in a blink. Returning to the stark, dry reality, Ji Na began to seek out things she wanted to do.
These were to fill the emptiness during Jinwoo’s absence, a time for growth, as she had told him.
Luckily, the overseas new business marketing project she had been preparing, even with overtime, was nearing its deadline. Once Jinwoo left for the U.S., it would be handed over to the American branch for completion.
‘I’ll greet your parents this weekend.’
Jinwoo’s voice still clung to her ears. Claiming not to be nervous was a lie.
‘I need to make a good impression…’
She was more nervous than during her job interview, perhaps a small desire to impress the family of the man she loved.
Suddenly, a loud noise came from the director’s office. The director, usually calm, roared out loud.
The office atmosphere instantly froze. It seemed like the sound of the employees’ eyes rolling could be heard as they tried to assess the situation.
A moment later, the door opened and Do Jin came out. His expression was unusually angry, a mixture of injustice and rage. Whether he was aware of the employees’ stares or not, he stormed out of the office, huffing.
It was unclear, but it could be guessed that it was something related to Do Jin. Now, he was just a man unrelated to Ji Na. Ji Na turned her indifferent gaze back to her monitor.
“Deputy Ji Na.”
A bit later, upon the manager’s call, Ji Na promptly entered his office.
“Manager Kim Do Jin’s project just fell through.”
That was the reason for the uproar. The manager, his face slightly red, rubbed the back of his neck.
“He totally screwed me over, that bastard. Sigh…”
The visibly angry manager muttered roughly in the middle of his speech.
“Anyway, right now, you’re the only one in our department who can solve this. Since the overseas new business marketing is almost finished, please help with Manager Kim’s project.”
Ji Na bit her lip tightly upon hearing she had to work on Kim Do Jin’s project again.
She hated it. More than death.
“Wouldn’t someone else be better suited?”
It felt like she was facing the brunt of an office romance’s aftermath. As Ji Na asked with a face trying not to show it, the manager waved his hands.
“You’re the only reliable person. Once this project is over, I’ll definitely support your promotion and incentives at the end of the year.”
That wasn’t the problem. The thought of working under Do Jin again, matching wits with him, was utterly detestable.
“Don’t worry about the personnel evaluation, okay?”
Ji Na couldn’t outright refuse the manager’s request. After all, the mess Kim Do Jin made wasn’t just his alone. It was a problem for Ji Na’s department and potentially the entire company.
And Jin Woo… since he was an executive, it might even affect him. As this thought crossed her mind, Ji Na clenched her fists and barely responded.
“Yes.”
“Great. Thank you, Deputy Ji Na.”
Only then did the manager smile.
“The timeline is a bit tight. I’ll give you all the proposal documents and related materials, so take a look and work on it with Manager Kim.”
“Yes, I understand.”
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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