Mistaken Romance

Lee Sa-heon, an executive at Hyun-gang Group, the biggest defense company in South Korea.

He is at the center of the most likely succession plan, and he is Ji-an’s arrogant boss—the man who always comes out on top in the brutal power struggle with his stepbrothers.

“Director Lee, are you awake? Are you okay?”

When Ji-an heard that Sa-heon had been in a car accident, she felt like her heart had dropped.

Her chest tightened so badly that, for a moment, she could barely breathe.

“…Honey.”

But the man who opened his eyes seemed a little strange.

“W-What? Director Lee, I’m Han Ji-an, your secretary.”

“Honey, my head hurts.”

Her perfect boss had lost his memory.

And even worse, he mistook her for his girlfriend.

“Get down. Don’t do something you’ll regret tomorrow.”

“…You bastard.”

Sa-heon let out a disbelieving laugh.

Ji-an looked at him with eyes full of hurt and resentment.

“When was it that you were the one who said you liked me and asked me to date you?”

“…”

“You were the one who decided on your own that I was your girlfriend from the beginning! You even said that you thought you had liked me before you lost your memory!”

Crying, Ji-an hit his shoulder over and over.

Her heart felt completely torn apart, and the pain was becoming unbearable.

“That never happened in my memory.”

His short, firm answer made Ji-an feel like her whole world had collapsed.

Her heart broke completely. She wiped her tears with the back of her hand and begged him in a trembling voice.

“Sa-heon, I’m really hurting… Please come back to me. Please…”

Sa-heon let out a quiet sigh and ran a hand through his hair.

Then, in a cold voice, he spoke as if he were delivering a final sentence.

“Think of me as dead.”

“…What?”

Ji-an stared at him in disbelief.

“Think of the man named Lee Sa-heon as dead.”

A tear finally fell from her trembling eyes and rolled down her cheek.

At that moment, even her last bit of hope was completely crushed.