“Boss, our main products are scones and Le Bang cookies, right? It’s the same over there. I went there with Yuhyun and Cheol-yong. It’s not a specialty shop for scones and Le Bang like we have. It’s a bakery, of course, they sell scones and cookies, but there, fruit tarts and gugelhops are really famous. But why would they focus on scones and Le Bang cookies, which aren’t their specialties, like us?”
“…”
“Moreover, after hearing that, I looked at SNS, and comments like ‘I’m already looking forward to it’ and ‘I’ve tried it in France, it was so delicious’ were flooding. Of course, they could be real customers, but I think they’re part-timers.”
She became thoughtful.
Of course, there is no law that prohibits opening a store that handles the same products in the building right next door. In this era where it’s not a big deal for a coffee shop of a different brand to open next to a franchise coffee shop, the pursuit of morality has lost its meaning.
However, should we simply think that it’s a coincidence that a bakery cafe, specializing in the same products, opened right next door, not just an ordinary cafe?
“Surely they didn’t come after us…?”
Her words seemed pale, and Arin unknowingly bit her nails—a habit that surfaced when she felt uneasy.
“Still, even if we’re quite famous in Yeonnam-dong, even if they didn’t know, wouldn’t they know if they did a little market research that our main products are the same? Why would they deliberately come next to us?”
An inexplicable anxiety enveloped her. She didn’t know that it wouldn’t take a long time for that anxiety to become a reality.
As Suhan swaggered into the kitchen, Arin received a reply from Jaehyuk.
Can you come to the company? It might take me more time to move.
Okay. I’ll go to the front of the company after finishing.
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After finishing work, Arin headed to the VAN Group headquarters.
“We’ve arrived.”
“Oh, yes. Thank you.”
In response to the taxi driver’s words that they had arrived, she took out her card from her wallet and handed it over.
“Goodbye.”
“Thank you.”
After getting out of the taxi, Arin stood in front of the most noticeable building in Gangnam.
She took out her phone and called someone.
Ding dong.
[Yes?]“I’ve arrived.”
[I’ll come down right away.]Through the speaker, Jaehyuk’s slightly excited voice could be heard.
‘Although we said we would be sure, maybe these things keep happening because I can’t sincerely break up.’
Arin pondered and agonized throughout the night.
The period she loved Jaehyuk was a long time in her life, and the truth was that Ban Jaehyuk was Arin’s first and last love.
Although she firmly drew a line with Jaehyuk, she thought that she might have inadvertently shown a gap to him.
No?
Even if she declared it firmly, Jaehyuk wouldn’t retreat, and she couldn’t erase the thought that he and Mrs. Jung might still come and harass her, as they did yesterday.
She could harm Yuhyun, and there might be damage to the store as well. The past Mrs. Jung cared about the attention of others and harassed and persecuted mainly where others couldn’t see.
The current Mrs. Jung has changed. Arin couldn’t erase the fear that she might show an undesirable side to Memoria’s employees or customers in the future, regardless of whether they wanted it or not, due to Mrs. Jung, who now charges recklessly at anyone without discrimination.
‘In that case, there’s one thing I can do. I’d rather accept Oppa’s suggestion. It seems like Mother is still watching Oppa’s actions. Let’s just stay next to Oppa formally until things calm down. It should be okay since I have no more room to give in.’
The appearance of Mrs. Jung yesterday evening completely erased the last hesitation in her heart.
A large shadow was cast in front of her, lost in thought.
“Heuk heuk. Arin-ah.”
He stood there, breathing heavily.
Arin checked the time. It hadn’t been even three minutes since she hung up the phone. Beads of sweat were visible on his forehead.
‘No way… Did he run here after receiving my call?’
She was well aware that it would take at least five minutes or more to get from his office to here, even if he took the elevator.
‘He must have come down the emergency exit stairs.’
It seemed like he made an effort to come as quickly as possible. Somehow, her heart felt warm, and her emotions became turbulent once again.
Looking at him, the rushing emotions confused her mind once more.
To regain composure, Arin bit down hard on the tender flesh inside her mouth.
‘Snap out of it, Chae Arin. From now on, you’ll thoroughly use Oppa. Anyway, let him experience it once. Don’t forget that you’re accepting Oppa’s proposal with the intention of letting him see how it feels to have his son beg me.’
Arin wanted to hurt Mrs. Jung. She wanted to prevent her from shaking her any further. That’s all she wanted.
Arin wished that the family that had used her like a devoted pawn would feel the same pain.
And she no longer wanted them to ruin her precious things.
“Are you here?”
“Yeah.”
Hiding her inner thoughts, Arin looked at Jaehyuk. He, in turn, gazed at her with a silent, warm smile.
A part of her heart trembled at the warm smile he had never shown before.
‘Even if you smile like that now, it won’t go over smoothly.’
Arin turned her head sharply away from Jaehyuk.
“Is there any place you want to go?”
“I won’t talk long, so let’s go to any nearby place.”
“Okay. Then, shall we go to the cafe in front?”
Despite her somewhat sharp words, his voice remained warm.
She felt as if she were standing on a test podium over and over again.
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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