Se Ah had arrived at a lounge space a little distant from the VVIP ward.
Soft classical music played in the background, and singleseater recliners were widely spaced out.
She had heard that Han Seong University Hospital had deep connections with Kang Woo’s family. She didn’t know the details, but Hyun Suk’s father, the chairman of Geum Song Foods, was said to be the chairman of the hospital foundation.
In fact, Se Ah had visited this place twice before her marriage. One of the times was when she was just a few days away from her wedding date.
Nam Tae’s aidedecamp, this chief, brought Se Ah here and had her undergo all sorts of tests. Even while obtaining a daughterinlaw for just a year, Nam Tae worried if there was any fault in Se Ah’s body.
Se Ah calmed her mind with a cup of warm tea. Now, whenever she saw Nam Tae, she felt disgusted and her skin shivered.
He was a politician praised by the outside world, but was ruthless even to his own family. She was startled daily by the hidden ferocity that was so different from his outer persona.
“You were here.”
The owner of the voice that broke the silence was the chief. With great effort, Se Ah kept her head up straight. She didn’t want to show him her slumped shoulders.
The chief stood across from Se Ah, showing a faint smile.
“Would you like to move to the round table?”
He pointed to a seat across the table.
“Why?”
“I have something to tell you.”
The chief showed her a document from his briefcase. The words [Contract Amendment] caught her eye at the top of the document. Se Ah’s eyes widened.
“I won’t take much of your time.”
The chief sat down first, showing her his back. He did not rush Se Ah, who had yet to move, but quietly watched her. As if he was certain she would eventually move.
It wasn’t something she could avoid. Se Ah went and sat across from the chief.
“What do you want to say?”
This chief, Nam Tae’s lackey.
He was there when they made the absurd contract.
The chief, who was in the driver’s seat, had handed Nam Tae a pen and the contract. This chief, a law school graduate from a prestigious university, had helped Nam Tae to bypass illegal clauses.
“Please read it first.”
Se Ah only glanced at the contract in front of her.
She had been barely able to breathe in front of Nam Tae up until now, but that was because of her lingering feelings for Kang Woo. Hoping that if she did well by Kang Woo and wasn’t disliked by Nam Tae, he might accept her.
Now that her hope had been shattered, she didn’t want to show weakness in front of this chief, Nam Tae’s flunky. Even though she feared them internally.
“Another contract.”
Se Ah laughed out of disbelief. The chief did not react and kept a straight face, pushing up the rimless glasses that had slid down his nose.
“The congressman is currently on edge.”
Se Ah folded her arms protectively over herself. She tried her best to maintain an expressionless face.
“What does that have to do with me?”
The chief showed her a news article on his tablet PC.
“A scandal broke today. A woman who married the second son of a conglomerate gathered reporters and revealed all the abuse she had received from her inlaws.”
“…….”
“Of course, public sentiment exploded with sympathy for this woman. All day on the internet, there have been numerous speculations, eventually, even posting articles on the Blue House. Boycotting this unreasonable corporation, not only that, reporters are looking for poison. In case there are other women who would reveal similar stories.”
Between job hunting, the nervewracking interactions with Kang Woo. And then, coming directly to the hospital, she hadn’t had time to check the internet today. She was completely unaware of this news, but she immediately understood what the chief meant.
“So, the congressman is upset about this.”
Se Ah sarcastically curled her lips. Unfazed, the chief tapped the contract.
“You should extend the contract until public attention dies down. As you know, there’s not much time left for the congressman’s election. Please help so he can focus only on the election, young lady.”
Se Ah’s smooth forehead creased.
“Why do you think I will agree to that contract again? What do I have to gain?”
“The choice is yours, young lady. I’m just conveying the congressman’s words. The contents of the message.”
Despite Se Ah’s soft rebuttal, the chief did not lose his composure.
“Don’t forget the favor of supporting you for years after you’ve been abandoned by your parents.”
“…….”
“Also, consider carefully what is the right choice for Kang Woo,” she advised.”
Se Ah bit her trembling lower lip.
“It might be difficult for you to make a decision right here, so I’ll give you three days. This agreement should be made at home. If you have any conditions you want, you can mention them then.”
It was just like them, meticulous. They wanted to delay time here so that Kang Woo wouldn’t find out.
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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