Days without any special events continued. Depending on the schedule, Jeahyuk was worried about Arin being alone at home, so he tried to leave work as early as possible.
In the car carrying Jeahyuk and a section chief driving on the Han River Bridge, silence settled in. The section chief, sitting in the driver’s seat, glanced at Jeahyuk through the rearview mirror and then shifted his gaze back to the front.
“Haven’t you told the madam yet?”
“Ah.”
“The madam might need some time to prepare as well.”
The section chief began openly referring to Arin as ‘the madam.’ Although he had been calling her ‘the madam’ when they were alone with Jeahyuk, it was not the case publicly. Except for times when it was just Jeahyuk and the section chief, he deliberately avoided using that term.
The section chief was the person who observed Jeahyuk most closely, noticing the subtle atmosphere between Arin and his superior.
“That’s true.”
Moreover, Jeahyuk, who used to feel a bit uncomfortable with the term ‘madam,’ now showed no particular reaction. Instead, he felt a natural touch to the section chief’s way of addressing Arin.
“I’ll talk about it today. Did you reserve the flight tickets?”
“Yes, I did.”
As Jeahyuk stared out the window lost in thought, there wasn’t much time left until next Monday. On that day, Jeahyuk would be leaving for a two-week business trip to the United States.
Strangely, this time, leaving Arin behind didn’t sit well with him. Initially, he had thought of sending someone else as a substitute.
[It would be nice if the vice president himself could attend. You’re welcome to come together.]‘They contacted me from L&M first.’
Jeahyuk found it more perplexing after receiving ‘that contact’ from Eun-ah last time.
‘I’ll understand when I get there. The important thing is not this.’
This time, he wanted to go with Arin. He couldn’t be certain of her response.
They weren’t a couple, nor were they lovers. To be precise, they were a divorced couple.
Although the relationship, started by a contract, had improved slightly compared to before, even after she found out the reason he had hidden the truth, their relationship hadn’t changed.
Their relationship felt like walking on a tightrope. Close yet distant, distant yet close.
‘It doesn’t seem like we’ve gotten close enough for her to suggest going on a business trip together. But I don’t want to lie that we have to go together for business…’
Jeahyuk bit his lower lip in frustration.
I have something to tell you after dinner.
He sent a message to her and sank back into his thoughts.
‘I’ve reserved the flight tickets and even booked the hotel… I just need to say it, but the words won’t come out.’
It was already Thursday, and time was running out.
‘How should I say it?’
His mind was filled with worries about how to express himself.
“We’ve arrived.”
The car carrying Jeahyuk had arrived at the home where Arin was waiting for them.
Without organizing his thoughts, he entered the building and got on the elevator.
“Sigh.”
He stood in front of the entrance. His hands were moist with sweat. Entering the house where she was still waiting remained a tense affair.
He pressed her birthday, the passcode for the entrance, and went inside.
As soon as he entered, Arin, wearing an apron, came out from the kitchen.
“You’re early.”
“…….”
Thump, his heart sank. She looked at him with a puzzled expression.
“Mr. Ban Jaehyuk?”
Trickle, her soft voice called his name like rolling jade-like marbles, and his heart began to beat rapidly.
A faint floral scent teased his nose.
He didn’t know if she had been waiting for him. But someone had been waiting for him, and the fact that it was Arin overwhelmed him.
After she left, he had to painfully feel the emptiness. He didn’t want to enter the cold house without her.
He searched for her traces over and over again… and now, even without searching, she stood in front of him.
“Can I hug you?”
“……What?”
She widened her eyes.
“Because I want to right now.”
He wanted to. Although he had often hugged her without permission, now he wanted to receive her permission.
“Ah…”
She sighed softly. Arin turned her head as if avoiding Jaehyuk.
As the gaze from her eyes, which had been looking at him, faded away, Jaehyuk’s heart sank.
‘…She dislikes it.’
Looking at her lowered head, Jaehyuk’s heart sank.
‘If Arin doesn’t like it, I won’t do it. I don’t intend to force my feelings on her.’
He wanted that and had to do that.
Jaehyuk bit his lower lip tightly to suppress the overflowing emotions.
“If you don’t want it, even if you hate it…”
He hoped she would smile because of him. He hoped she wouldn’t be troubled or sad because of him anymore.
Even if it was excessive desire, he hoped that, like him, she would laugh and cry because of him.
“Ah…”
A very small voice, audible only to him, flowed through her pretty lips.
“It’s okay.”
“What?”
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
*
Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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