How heavy each step was as she headed home.
No, it wasn’t her body that was heavy, but her heart.
She was sad and regretful for leaving a moment that would never come back.
‘Get a grip. You might make a big mistake if you zone out.’
That would have been the end of the moment. Jae Heon wouldn’t leave a secretary who can’t do her job alone.
So she had to act as usual.
As if she had forgotten the night with him.
No, as if there had never been anything between us from the beginning.
Upon arriving at the office building, Ra Jin exchanged eye greetings with the security guard and lobby desk staff in turn, tagged her employee card to the reader and went inside.
She, who had been standing in front of the elevator, suddenly opened her eyes wide.
It was familiar to use the executive elevator following him, as she always performed near Jae Heon.
Therefore, like today, there were many times when she was unknowingly standing in front of this place when she came to work.
Thinking of him, one side of her chest was getting stuffy.
‘No, why is it getting hot.’
She was about to move her steps toward the employee elevator while gently rubbing her cheek with the back of her hand.
“Stay there.”
At the thick and low voice coming from behind, Ra Jin’s heart dropped.
When she turned her head slowly, Jae Heon was there.
With the same perfect appearance as always.
Following the teachings of Chairman Seo Sung Jae, who emphasizes properly dressing to ‘show dignity and image’, the head family of Gunyoung Group paid a lot of attention to their attire.
Today, Jae Heon was wearing a dark navy suit. The tie and vest were also the same color. His tall stature, reaching 190 centimeters, and broad shoulders perfectly suited any clothing.
The line extending from his forehead, to his nose, and to his jawline beneath his neatly combed hairstyle was very clear and gorgeous.
“Have you arrived, Director?”
As soon as she met his black pupils, she bowed her head immediately.
“……”
Jae Heon, looking down at Ra Jin’s top of the head, had an unreadable expression.
“Go.”
As his words fell, the elevator arrived at the lobby.
When Ra Jin moved aside a little, Jae Heon boarded the elevator as if it was natural.
She, who took a shallow breath, followed him.
“……”
As soon as the door closed, silence rushed in like a wave.
The one who broke the silence that lasted until the arrival at the floor was Jae Heon.
“Did you get home okay?”
In an instant, wideeyed Ra Jin tried to respond calmly, gripping her interlocked hands tightly.
“When did you leave?”
“I… went back at dawn.”
“Taxi?”
“Yes.”
Ra Jin sneaked glances at Jae Heon, wondering if her heartbeat might be audible to his ears as well.
“Are you feeling alright?”
She couldn’t tell what his expression was, as she stood watching his massive back.
“I… Yes.”
“Good.”
Silence ensued once again. Ra Jin, earnestly hoping for the elevator to reach its destination, kept looking up at the display.
Suddenly, Jae Heon turned around.
Their eyes met.
A tension as if burning the throat flowed.
“Just in case, I’ll tell you.”
Ra Jin read a faint hint of difficulty in his eyes and quickly opened her mouth.
“Don’t worry. What I desire from you, sir, is only your body.”
At her words, Jae Heon wore an unreadable expression.
He slightly furrowed his brow and as the signal sound for the elevator’s arrival rang out, he shrugged his shoulders and turned away.
“That’s an answer I like. I hope that feeling doesn’t change.”
Ra Jin, who had been watching Jae Heon, who got off first, getting farther away, let out a breath she had unknowingly been holding in.
“Sigh….”
Jae Heon’s behavior didn’t deviate an inch from Ra Jin’s expectations.
Indifferent. Insensitive. Emotionless.
To him, their night together was just a fleeting happening.
Something to be forgotten as soon as the next day came.
Even though she knew that… when she faced him like this, her heart ached as if it was being torn apart.
Until dawn, Ra Jin held onto a ‘just in case’ feeling.
Because his touch that caressed her was so hot and affectionate.
“Ra Jin, you need to look at me.”
The sweetness of his voice calling her name made her hold onto a slim hope.
Foolishly. With a dream too big. Daring to whom.
Ra Jin, who chuckled at the sense of emptiness, quickly straightened her back.
It was time to return perfectly to being a ‘private secretary’.
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Entering the office, Jae Heon put down his briefcase, took off his jacket and hung it up, then headed to his seat.
Sitting at his desk, he turned on his computer and rolled up his sleeve a bit. The metal watch on his left wrist glinted as it reflected the light.
Jae Heon, who was focusing on the data uploaded to the cloud, directed his eyes to the date and time displayed on the upper right of the monitor.
In a little while, Ra Jin would bring him a brewed tea and tell him today’s schedule at the same time.
It meant they would be left alone in this space again.
“Phew… This is driving me crazy.”
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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