Blink. Blink. Ra Jin’s long eyelashes moved slowly up and down.
“Will this make you feel better?”
Jae Heon flashed a faint smile.
She looked at him with a blank expression.
The soft touch and warmth of his lips that had just brushed her forehead still felt vivid as if they were clinging to her.
It tickled as if a gentle spring breeze had passed by.
‘Just a brief touch of lips on the forehead… Why does it feel like a kiss?’
Feeling like her heart would burst out of her mouth, Ra Jin steadied her breathing.
Whatever he interpreted her silence to mean, Jae Heon’s eyes deepened.
“If it’s not enough.”
Whoosh. His dark pupils dropped to Ra Jin’s red lips.
“Shall I do it somewhere else?”
Thump, thump.
As if her heart was echoing in her ears, Ra Jin bit her lip.
His eyes, contrasting his playful tone, brimmed with a sultry and intense emotion.
As if a simple kiss would not suffice.
“I, uh, I’m fine.”
Shoot. She was so nervous her voice cracked.
“It’s okay.”
“It doesn’t seem like it.”
“Really, truly, totally fine.”
“You look disappointed.”
“Absolutely, definitely, not disappointed at all!”
Holding a box in one hand, Jae Heon softly stroked Ra Jin’s flushed head with the other.
“Alright, don’t get so angry.”
“I, I’m not angry…”
“I was wrong. If I made you feel bad, I apologize.”
Why apologize so gently? It’s embarrassing.
…And why are his eyes so tender? Makes my heart flutter.
“No, that’s not it.”
Just as Ra Jin’s embarrassed voice was trailing off,
“Should’ve known how you felt and just kissed you. Strong denial often leads to strong affirmation, you know?”
Seeing the mischief in Jae Heon’s eyes, Ra Jin unknowingly raised her voice.
“Jae Heon!”
“Haha.”
Seeing Ra Jin get flustered, he blinked and burst into laughter.
“I should’ve known sooner how fun it is to tease you.”
Ra Jin rolled her eyes. She had no idea he was so playful.
“It’s not fun at all, okay?”
As if finding even that cute, Jae Heon reached for her shoulder and pulled her close.
“What, what is it?”
“Don’t want to waste time.”
What do you mean? Ra Jin questioned with her eyes, and Jae Heon’s gaze deepened.
He meant it. The time he hadn’t known how cute Ra Jin was felt wasted, as did any moment spent apart from her.
Moreover, the time they could spend as a couple was only three months.
Though Jae Heon was confident about renewing the contract, unforeseen variables might arise.
Just as they had throughout his life.
Jae Heon gripped Ra Jin’s shoulder more tightly.
‘I will definitely renew it. Hopefully an indefinite extension.’
The next day.
Both were ready to go to work and headed to the garage.
Jae Heon and Ra Jin had decided to commute together in his car.
They didn’t have to worry about who might see. It didn’t matter if someone did.
Even before they became a couple, they often commuted together. Whenever there was an emergency or a need for an ‘assistant,’ Jae Heon called Ra Jin, and she promptly arrived.
Thinking about the past, Jae Heon felt sorry for Ra Jin.
Responding to his unpredictable summons must have been tiring, even if it was for work.
He felt strangely embarrassed to say “you’ve worked hard.” But he should say it.
Clearing his throat, Jae Heon turned to her just as he opened his mouth.
“Ra Jin…”
“Director, please give me the keys. I’ll drive.”
“Huh? No, I’ll do it till the office. But you must have been tired…”
“Don’t you need to review materials for the executive meeting? I saw that the revised sales graph has been uploaded to the cloud. Please delete the old data and review the new one.”
Ra Jin’s professional tone and manner left no room for emotion.
As if nothing had happened between them.
Strange. Didn’t we go on a date just yesterday? It was quite sweet.
Holding hands, going for a drive, sharing a kiss, receiving massages at the spa shop, and returning home to sit face-to-face while savoring a dinner we cooked together.
Before going to bed, we enjoyed ourselves by trying out products we bought from the spa shop.
That scent still lingers in my nostrils, but it seems Ra Jin has already erased it from her mind.
Can a person’s switch turn on and off that easily? She’s not some robot.
‘I feel somewhat disappointed.’
I haven’t fully moved on from that sweet time yet.
But Ra Jin had completely reverted back to ‘Secretary Ra’ as if all of it had been a dream.
I was reminded anew how thorough a person she is—Jae Heon realized.
She didn’t win my grandfather’s trust for nothing.
“……”
As he closed his mouth and looked at her, Ra Jin made a puzzled face.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Nothing. Just thinking that a secretary is still a secretary.”
“I don’t quite understand what you mean, but it might be best if you get in the car now. Traffic might start to build up.”
“……Alright, fine.”
When Jae Heon reluctantly replied, Ra Jin opened the backseat door and waited.
However, he headed for the passenger seat instead.
“Director?”
Although she called out with a bewildered expression, Jae Heon was already seated.
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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