After bidding farewell, Chief Song left the office and Tae Jo headed to the security room.
He had to see the pregnancy test coming out of Se Kyung’s bag with his own eyes. Again, he could step back saying it wasn’t his.
“Just a moment, let’s check the CCTV.”
At the appearance of Tae Jo, the hefty security team member moved quickly.
Recalling roughly the time when he encountered Chief Song in the corridor, Tae Jo fastforwarded the CCTV.
And at 11:38.
When he saw the object that popped out of Se Kyung’s bag when she bumped into Chief Song in front of the elevator.
“Found it.”
Tae Jo quietly curled his lips.
After reviewing the shortterm advertising contract, she was on her way back from lunch with a fellow actor who had come to the office.
Feeling sleepy from a full stomach, Se Kyung covered her mouth and yawned, making Je Hoon, who was walking beside her, laugh.
“Are you sleepy?”
“Ah, perhaps a bit. I think I ate too much.”
Se Kyung rubbed her belly with a sheepish expression on her face. For the past few days, she hadn’t felt well after eating, as if she had eaten twice her usual amount.
She wondered if this was all because she was pregnant. Her feelings were somewhat complicated.
“I was happy to see you eating well after such a long time. I’ll drive you home later, please wait in the vacant meeting room for now. I’ll also bring you the script that you need to review.”
“Alright. Then I’ll stay in here.”
Se Kyung pointed to the empty meeting room. Je Hoon told her to wait a moment, then dashed into his office.
Shortly after, he returned, bringing a script and a can of soda to Se Kyung.
“Since you’ve eaten more than usual, this should help with digestion.”
“Thank you.”
Se Kyung, who was sitting by the window, opened the soda can and took a sip. As Je Hoon left to work, the meeting room fell silent.
The only sound in the quiet room was the rustling of pages being turned.
The afternoon sun poured over Se Kyung’s head.
Her belly was full, the weather was warm, and the rustling sound of the pages flipping was almost like a lullaby, causing her eyes to droop.
“It’s not the time to sleep now…”
Se Kyung, her eyes closed, tilted her head back.
She had to look for an obstetrician and think about what to tell CEO Jin…
Despite this, she couldn’t fight the heaviness of her eyelids.
How much time had passed?
When drowsy Se Kyung was nodding off, a knocking sound on the glass door echoed in her ear.
Se Kyung, who had snapped her eyes open, looked towards the sound.
“Ms. Se Kyung, the CEO is calling for you.”
The division chief Song was peering through the door, looking at Se Kyung.
CEO, Ms. Se Kyung has just returned. She’s in the meeting room now. What should we do?
“Tell her to come to my office. Say I called for her but didn’t specify why.”
After ending the call with Division Chief Song, Tae Jo lingered in his office. Just in case, he also sent a text message to Se Kyung.
Standing by the window, Tae Jo lit a cigarette.
What if Se Kyung ignored his message and left? His gaze was fixed on the entrance of the building.
Since she was pregnant, would Se Kyung confess about that day to him now?
Tae Jo stared at the pregnancy test placed on his desk. The matter had grown too big to just brush aside now.
“Why isn’t she coming?”
1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes. No matter how many minutes passed, he could not hear Se Kyung approaching.
Just as he was thinking about going out to fetch her, he heard a small noise from outside.
And soon, there was a knock on the door.
“It’s Yoon Se Kyung.”
“Come in.”
Finally, the person he had been waiting for had come to him.
As Se Kyung entered, Tae Jo looked at her.
Wearing black slacks and a white blouse, Se Kyung exuded a sweet scent.
“You said you have something to ask.”
Yes, I have a lot to ask. And answers I need to hear as well.
Tae Jo looked at Se Kyung who seemed ready to flee any moment, and snapped a cigarette filter in half.
Then, he moved to the front of his desk and pushed a pregnancy test toward Se Kyung.
“This.”
“…?”
“Do you know what this is?”
Se Kyung grimaced, presumably unable to see clearly from a distance. She stretched out her neck to see, then murmured softly as she looked at Tae Jo.
“I can’t see it clearly….”
Tae Jo nodded his head as if to beckon her closer.
Seemingly anxious about something, Se Kyung hesitated for a moment before approaching him. Then, seeing the pregnancy test in his hand, she flinched as if surprised.
“Well, I don’t know….”
Although her expression quickly changed, Tae Jo did not miss the fleeting moment of her confusion.
“It’s a pregnancy test. Two lines mean pregnant.”
Ignoring Se Kyung’s pretense of ignorance, Tae Jo replied.
He held up the pregnancy test, with two distinct lines, for Se Kyung to see.
“Is that so? I have never used one before.”
“….”
“But why are you showing it to me….”
As expected, Se Kyung was trying to play innocent.
Tae Jo chuckled, seemingly amused.
As if she could fool anyone. Why was she wasting her acting skills here?
“Why indeed. Because this came out of your bag, Se Kyung.”
“That’s not mine. My name is not written on it. I don’t know why you’re so sure it’s mine.”
While watching Se Kyung cleverly deny the claim, Tae Jo flashed a meaningful smile.
“At 11:38 this morning, you bumped into Director Song in front of the elevator, right? You dropped your bag then, and things spilled out.”
For a moment, Se Kyung seemed to falter, her face hardening. Tae Jo, not giving her any respite, pressed on.
“Director Song said this came out of your bag.”
“….”
“But if something that came out of your bag isn’t yours, whose could it be?”
With his arms crossed, Tae Jo waited for Se Kyung’s response.
Go on, let’s hear more of that charming deflection.
“Or should we check at the hospital first? Whether you, Se Kyung, are pregnant or not.”
“No!”
At the mention of the hospital, Se Kyung shouted out, seemingly panicstricken.
Was she thinking that all her secrets were exposed and she was ruined? Her face was full of anxiety.
“It’s mine. That.”
“Who’s the father? Manager Shin said you don’t see anyone. Were you secretly dating?”
“No.”
“Then, who’s the father of the child?”
Tae Jo stared at her with intensified gaze. Se Kyung chewed on her lips and bowed her head deeply before replying.
“I can’t tell you that.”
Really, she’s going to keep this a secret till the end, isn’t she?
Tae Jo put down the pregnancy test, straightened up his leaning body.
As he approached, Se Kyung backed away as if avoiding him.
“CEO, CEO?”
Thump, Se Kyung’s body halted, blocked by the sofa.
Tae Jo leaned close to Se Kyung, his eyes meeting hers.
“Se Kyung, there has been someone I’ve been looking for, for a few weeks now.”
“….”
Tae Jo seemed slightly confused, whether it was a dream or reality. “I had drunk quite a bit that night, and my memory cut out in the middle.”
Se Kyung’s eyes trembled anxiously. Her face was turning pale, seeming like she would collapse any moment.
“I thought it was a dream, so I kept ignoring it, but fragments of the scene started coming back to me a few days ago. When I put those pieces together, they formed a picture.” I guess she realized that I knew everything.
Se Kyung staggered as if her legs gave out. Tae Jo caught her waist and continued speaking.
“I was wondering where the mischievous cat that seduced me and ran away that night was.”
Tae Jo tightened his arm around Se Kyung’s waist.
Between her trembling legs that looked like they were about to give out, he inserted his leg.
And he whispered in Se Kyung’s ear.
“You were right here.” Se Kyung, you’re caught.
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Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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