“I’m fine, give it to another actor. Opportunities should be fair.”
His voice was as dry as fallen leaves in the cold wind.
“We do have other male actors in our company who could take on the role, but they’re not as good as you. So let’s just do this one project my way. Okay?”
The speech was long. Tae Seo Jun knew better than anyone that it was unusual for Kwon Je Ho, who always pursued brevity, unless he had other intentions.
“Just say what you mean without beating around the bush.”
“You’re amazingly perceptive, aren’t you?”
“So what’s your secret plan?”
“The truth is, Oh Minjung has been set as the female lead for that drama, but we are trying to fit in one more female supporting role. But since it’s a role equal to the lead, there are a lot of applicants, but Director Yoon said it might be possible if you connect us.”
Je Ho expertly coaxed a scowling Seo Jun with a perfect business smile.
“So, the director wants me and you want to use that to insert the actress you have in mind into that drama?”
“That’s right. She’s still lacking in acting skills, but it’s due to lack of experience, and above all, it’s a waste for her to be unknown with such a visual.”
“If she lacks acting skills, why involve me in something so trivial? I don’t know who she is, but if she can’t do it, she should give up. The same goes for you.”
Seo Jun’s expression, with one eyebrow arched, was as calm and solid as his sleek back hair. At least until he heard her name.
“Ah, come on! Help me out! ”
“I told you I’m not doing it.”
Seo Jun, who started playing with a lighter on the table as if it was hopeless, chuckled.
Even if I don’t do it, if I’m involved with the actress, it would be quite nervewracking throughout the project, and that’s what bothered Seo Jun from the start.
Je Ho, who couldn’t possibly not know his inner thoughts, plopped down on the sofa and lazily drummed on the armrest.
“You know it too. When have I ever asked you for a favor like this?”
“My point exactly. If it’s a casting issue, there’s a designated planner for that. Why are you stepping forward unless you have other feelings for the girl you’re trying to sell to me.”
Seo Jun’s deep and dense eyes narrowed slightly.
“Hey, dude, that’s not it!”
Je Ho, who was only slightly pricked in jest, jumped on the spot as if he had been struck by an axe.
“Then what is it.”
“She’s an actress who uses her real name, Eom So Yeon. I’m sure she’ll make it if she gets the chance, but it’s pitiful that she’s struggling because things got tangled.”
“…….”
Eom So Yeon.
I didn’t expect to hear her name here.
Seo Jun, who crinkled his forehead and tilted his head to gaze at Je Ho, didn’t rush. He simply asked in a resonant voice.
“Where is she now?”
Je Ho, who moved directly to the desk and pressed the intercom button, spoke to his secretary.
“Is Ms. Eom So Yeon in the office today?”
I saw her having lunch in the company cafeteria with Manager Ye Do Soon. Would you like me to contact Ms. Eom So Yeon?
“No, I will. She should be in the practice room.”
Je Ho, who had roughly grasped Eom So Yeon’s whereabouts, stood up from the sofa and called Seo Jun, who was walking towards the door.
“Where are you going?”
Has he suddenly changed his mind? He’s leaving here without finishing what he was saying, what’s his plan? Je Ho’s gaze grew incredulous.
“My room.”
Seo Jun’s ‘my room’ referred to his personal office.
“Weren’t you going to meet Ms. Eom So Yeon and accept the proposal?”
“Not that. I just thought I’d see her once, but it seems like a pointless thing to do.”
“Wow……!”
Wow, I really want to hit him!
Je Ho, who wasn’t like that before, put his hand on the door handle and hit the back of Seo Jun’s head, who was putting people up and down.
Did he feel that gaze? Seo Jun, who was about to leave, stopped moving and stared at Je Ho.
“Why. What.”
“Was that woman twentysix years old?”
“Did you know her?”
“Well.”
Seo Jun left the office with only a laugh that suggested that couldn’t be possible.
And her age, too. It seemed to be that Eom So Yeon. But so what. What was he to do with her now.
There was no need to disturb the past of three years ago, which was covered in dust even if it was pure white. Seo Jun walked slowly, not even knowing where his feet were heading. But his heart was pounding hard.
Eom So Yeon.
From the moment he heard that name in the office.
What he had started working on again in the military operation zone, was in his hands now.
Seo Jun, who got on the elevator, hesitated at the button for the 9th floor, then raised his fingertip and pressed the 10th floor. It was because the smoking area was on the roof.
Seo Jun, who got off at the 10th floor, opened the door right in front of him and went outside. And he had only taken a few steps when he saw someone standing alone at the end of the rooftop garden.
“……!”
Even though the backlit figure was silhouetted, Seo Jun could tell.
The slender silhouette dyed in the sunset, it was her.
As soon as she was reflected in his dark eyes, the breath that had seemed blocked for a long time suddenly opened. Just from that, Seo Jun could realize what had been causing his suffocation all this while.
It was a funny thing, but it was all because of that woman.
A meeting and parting that couldn’t even fill a day.
A woman who couldn’t be ended because there was no beginning.
That unfulfilled longing had been tearing and devouring his head.
“Eom… So Yeon?”
The sound that came out tickling the tip of his tongue was something he himself didn’t know.
Maybe it was because of the name that came out of his mouth. Seo Jun’s calm lips held a smirk.
As if to laugh at God’s error, or fate’s cruel prank.
“!”
A low and smooth voice called him. It could be an illusion brought on by longing, but the voice that reached So Yeon’s ears was not unfamiliar at all. She was so surprised that a whimpering sigh escaped her lips, like she was sobbing quietly.
That’s when it happened.
Seo Jun strode towards Eom So Yeon.
So Yeon, who wiped her blurred vision with the back of her hand, looked up at him standing in front of her with a dazed gaze.
Blinking her eyes open wide.
Looking at the illusionlike dazzling man’s large figure again and again.
“……!”
No matter how much she looked, it was him!
She knew that the man in front of her was Tae Seo Jun…
She knew it too well…
But…
Seo Jun silently looked down at her small white face, and So Yeon kept looking up at his too dazzling face with teary eyes. Even if they bowed their heads a little, they would be in a position where their noses would touch.
“…….”
“…….”
It felt as though a warm wind was blowing between the two entwined gazes.
It was a spring breeze that melted hearts frozen throughout the winter.
The deep scent that came from him held So Yeon’s heart tightly. When her long hair, blown by the wind, touched Seo Jun’s clothes, his heart pounded mercilessly.
Thump, thump, thump……
The two, who seemed to have turned back the hands of the clock, fell into the past against the current of memory.
The winter night that had been frozen for quite a long time.
Into that time.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
