If she once seemed like fresh, sun-ripened fruit, now Eom So Yeon was like a lusciously matured fruit of late autumn, radiating a rich, sweet fragrance.
Just holding her felt so right, doing nothing else mattered. His heart swelled with joy and a smile came effortlessly, even in stillness.
His breathing, often labored, now eased. The softness of her touch, the freshness of an apple, and a scent reminiscent of sweet osmanthus – he felt he could live on these sensations alone.
But her turning away in the hotel lobby, ignoring him, felt extremely foreign. Despite their closeness in Malaga, and his efforts during the trip to Cádiz, her guard didn’t seem to lower at all.
Rejection had always been his to dish out, never his to receive.
And yet, for the first time, he, Tae Seo Jun, was rebuffed by this delicate, slender woman.
It was unbelievable!
The more he tried to get close, the more elusive Eom So Yeon became. Reflecting on this in his bed, Seo Jun got up and moved to the window.
His reasonably spacious room felt luxurious. He was used to being alone, but today it felt emptier than usual.
Perhaps this was the aftereffect of being with Eom So Yeon.
Even after entering his room, she was all he could think about. As night deepened, his resolve only strengthened. He was determined to win her over.
The night dragged on slowly.
Watching the cityscape enveloped in darkness through the large window, Seo Jun abruptly closed the curtains and turned away, spotting a suspicious light from the building opposite. It seemed like someone was watching him.
Narrowing his eyes cynically, Seo Jun immediately called his manager, Bong.
[Dash] Yes, Director.“I’ve noticed something strange. We need to check it out quickly.”
He had an idea who might have sent the watcher. But revealing that they were spotted might discourage further unnecessary actions.
As Seo Jun was about to set down his phone, he hesitated, considering whether to use the excuse of dinner to contact Eom So Yeon. However, he eventually dropped the phone, letting go of his eagerness, understanding the psychology of wanting to flee when pursued.
Especially with Eom So Yeon.
[Dash Separator]The next morning.
So Yeon entered the breakfast buffet restaurant with Se Ah.
As she served herself, she accidentally met Seo Jun’s gaze and instinctively bowed in greeting.
“Good morning…”
But Seo Jun coldly ignored her, returning to his table without acknowledging her presence.
Since then, So Yeon looked visibly distressed. The drastic change in Seo Jun’s behavior was a significant shock, yet Se Ah remained unaware of the underlying issue.
“Do you feel sick?” Se Ah asked.
“No, I’m fine,” So Yeon replied, hiding her inner turmoil.
From that moment, So Yeon wore a heavy expression. Tae Seo Jun’s icy demeanor, starkly different from yesterday, had deeply shocked her. But Se Ah was oblivious to this aspect.
“Do you feel sick?”
“Me? No, I don’t.”
“Then why do you look like that? You have to shoot soon, and you look like you’re about to enter a coffin.”
“Did I look that bad?”
“Yes.”
“I have to ride a horse for today’s first scene. It’s been stressing me out since yesterday.”
So Yeon had experience with horseback riding from a college elective, and she had practiced earnestly, but it had been a while. She was extremely nervous about making a mistake in her first shoot.
And that wasn’t all.
There were intense romantic scenes and a kiss scene in the afternoon. Se Ah, knowing today’s schedule well, reached out to pat So Yeon’s head and said,
“Well, what can you do? A newbie actor can’t ask for script changes, but if it’s too hard, I can talk to them…”
“No. Don’t. I must do what I need to, more diligently than anyone.”
So Yeon was grateful for Se Ah, always nurturing her like a mother hen. She forced a smile, pretending everything was fine.
But who could see the pain she concealed? And this was just the beginning.
Even at the meeting with the actors after breakfast, Seo Jun didn’t give So Yeon a proper look. His distant demeanor, hidden behind dark sunglasses, seemed to exclude her from his interest.
Perhaps she had hoped despite vowing not to.
In the end, she meant nothing to him.
“Yes, this is normal.”
Despite having embraced and been embraced to her heart’s content, So Yeon resolved to be content with that.
Realizing Seo Jun’s heart had truly turned away, she only bit her harsh lower lip. Yet her heart never took a step away from him, growing only more earnest.
The sharp reality was increasingly painful.
[Dash Separator]A black horse snorted softly under So Yeon’s gentle patting.
“My name is Eom So Yeon. Please treat me well.”
Responding to her kind greeting, the horse looked at her with its large, gentle eyes.
According to the script, the character Gi Cheon Yul used a harsh training method to make the horse obey only him, creating a monster that would obey no one else.
Thinking that this horse was the one from the script, So Yeon felt a pang in her heart.
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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