Eunsoo ignored him and took a sip. Then, nonchalantly, she added.
“But don’t tell Jae-rim I drank beer. The bet’s pretty high.”
“I’ll see which side is more profitable.”
“Turned into a businessman now.”
Eunsoo, draping an arm over the bench, closely observed Juhan’s profile as he sipped his beer.
‘Something’s off.’ She thought. His sudden appearance, his unusual offer to run, and now casually drinking beer. Not like the Juhan she knew.
‘He must be dealing with something.’
She could tell just by his expression, familiar from the time they knew each other well. But she didn’t want to intrude – it wasn’t their relationship anymore.
Yet…
“What’s up?”
Her curiosity softly nudged her pride.
Caught off guard, Juhan turned to Eunsoo. After a moment’s contemplation, he began.
“Met President Jang Hyeon-man at Artist Hwang’s place.”
“Must have been annoying. What did he say?”
“Congratulated me on the deal. Said I have more savvy than I look.”
“Typical. He underestimated you before. Now he acknowledges he misjudged.”
“And then, my car broke down on the way here.”
“Didn’t get into an accident, I see. You got it repaired?”
“Yes. Took a taxi here. Then got told off for doing a TV show. Asking if I’m trying to be a celebrity or something.”
“People always have to comment on others’ lives. Whether it’s doing a show, promoting, or debuting.”
Juhan coughed lightly.
“It was my mother who said that.”
“Wow.”
Eunsoo almost spilled her beer.
She had thought it was President Jang! Why didn’t he lead with that, instead of making her think he was trash talking?
Placing the beer can down gently, Eunsoo calmly added,
“The TV appearance might make some people think they’ve become a celebrity. I guess she was just telling you to be careful and stay humble. I misunderstood her good intentions.”
“What are you……”
Just as Juhan was about to object, he saw Eunsoo’s subtly smug expression and burst into laughter. Eunsoo, who had been observing him, now muttered under her breath.
“Has he gone mad? I hope it’s not contagious.”
After his laughter subsided, Juhan faced Eunsoo.
“Thanks.”
“For what?”
“Just, thanks.”
He couldn’t really explain that her few words had melted away what felt like the worst day ever. The accumulated frustrations, anger, and sense of suffocation had all dissolved.
“I won’t tell Jae-rim about the beer today as a thank you.”
“What, so you were really considering telling him?”
Juhan silently gathered the empty cans and stood up. Eunsoo watched his broad back moving towards the trash bin, then touched her cheek thoughtfully.
“Seems like whatever it was, it’s resolved now.”
A few days later, on Vida’s day off.
Eunsoo woke to the sound of her alarm, ringing earlier than when she had to work.
“Ugh… barely slept…”
They had successfully finished a planned sale event, and with a container arriving, they’d almost pulled an all-nighter to sort it out. Thanks to Yoonbin, customers had increased noticeably, making every day hectic. Now, on her day off, she wanted to sleep all day, but that wasn’t an option.
“Send some pictures. They’ll go into the materials. You know, like ‘boyfriend pics’ and ‘girlfriend pics’? Ones that look like they’re taken by each other. Any picture of you two looking intimate is a must. Something that suggests you went somewhere, did something, or it was some special day. Just make it look as natural as possible.”
Hearing Solhee’s rapid instructions, Juhan and Eunsoo eventually decided to set aside a day to fulfill all those requests.
They planned to fabricate a year’s worth of dating history by changing locations and outfits.
Solhee had asked for as many as possible, but they weren’t up for that. They both didn’t use social media much and didn’t enjoy taking photos, so they decided to pretend that there weren’t many pictures. It was based on the truth; they hadn’t kept many photos or videos when they were actually dating, so there wasn’t much to delete after they broke up.
A fake date to prove a fake relationship.
It wasn’t excitement or anticipation that kept Eunsoo awake; it was nervousness and unease. She kept telling herself it wasn’t a big deal, but her nerves remained on edge.
Then her phone rang. Thinking it was just another alarm, she was about to turn it off when she saw Juhan’s name and hesitated.
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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