Deputy Huh Yura shrugged her shoulders and spoke, causing Manager Yun Ji-hyun to poke her arm.
“Lower your voice. There are so many ears here.”
“Ah, sorry.”
As Yura stuck out her tongue, indicating her mistake, Yeon-woo silently dipped her spoon into the hot pot.
The clear broth rippled. Even though it was her favorite galbitang, it didn’t appeal to her.
Nevertheless, Yeon-woo acted nonchalantly, scooping the soup with her spoon and asked.
“When did you see them?”
“The morning the president left on his business trip.”
That day was when Yeon-woo had submitted her resignation to Tae-han.
“I wanted to talk about it right away, but it felt too sensitive to mention, so I held my tongue.”
“Which hotel was it? It could have been a business visit. We’ve had seminars and HR week meetings at hotels before.”
“I know that. But it was a time and place unrelated to schedules. The atmosphere was somewhat peculiar, wasn’t it?”
The employees, oblivious to Yeon-woo’s reluctance to believe, chimed in.
“Min-hee Sung, the executive, was seen arm in arm with our president. And in the morning, too, that’s a sure thing.”
“Scandals don’t just happen. There’s always a cause behind them.”
Yura then squealed and covered her cheeks, shaking her shoulders back and forth.
Excitedly bouncing her feet, she heatedly discussed the imminent birth of the century’s couple.
Thump.
Yeon-woo pressed her palm firmly against her suddenly racing heart.
Throughout the conversation, she silently sipped only the soup. As the topic shifted, she put down her spoon and stood up.
“Sorry, I have to go first. I still have work to finish.”
“That must be a hefty workload that came in suddenly. Good luck, Deputy Seo.”
After exchanging goodbyes with her colleagues, Yeon-woo turned around with the tray in hand.
Her expression changed as she faced forward.
Overwhelming pain and betrayal.
Returning the tray with the untouched food, Yeon-woo, waiting for the elevator, burst into bitter laughter at the surge of emotion.
‘What am I doing? I’m not the tragic heroine here…’
Tae-han had already called their night together an accident. That was the end of it.
Even if Tae-han was truly dating Min-hee Sung, Yeon-woo couldn’t do anything.
It was ridiculous that she felt like she had been hurt, even though she knew this.
Yeon-woo visited the hospital after work.
It was her first visit since finding out about her pregnancy.
After giving her appointment time and name at the reception, she awkwardly sat in the waiting room.
The tidy interior was bustling with people waiting for their appointments. Like her, some women sat alone, but most were accompanied by their husbands.
“Do you want a daughter like you or a son like me?”
On the day of finding out their baby’s gender, a couple sitting close together looked at the ultrasound photo and chatted.
“I want a daughter like you. What about you, honey?”
“I want a son like you!”
Watching them intently, Yeon-woo’s face hardened. She quickly turned her head back, but her heart’s turmoil didn’t ease.
That was the way it was supposed to be.
A child wasn’t something to be made alone; it was right for a woman and a man to wait for new life together with joy.
Wishing to think no further, Yeon-woo closed her eyes tightly.
‘Why do I still hold onto this folly?’
Yeon-woo knew the truth.
She couldn’t break free from Gi Tae-han not because he wouldn’t let her go, but because she pathetically clung to him.
If Tae-han didn’t process her resignation within a week, she could seek help from the company’s HR and legal departments, but she hadn’t acted despite knowing this.
Her mind was still filled with Tae-han.
Despite being a man who only brought her pain, the thrill and pleasure she felt for the first time because of him still lingered deep within her.
It was an undeniable emotion.
So now, she needed to come to her senses.
Though she had a crush on Gi Tae-han, the fact that his child was in her womb was a different matter.
Was it really okay to have this child?
What would happen to her life if she did?
As she repeated these endless, answerless questions dozens, hundreds of times a day, it was her turn.
“Seo Yeon-woo. Please come this way.”
Led to the examination room, Yeon-woo took off her shoes and lay down on the bed.
Looking at the patternless ceiling, her heart felt more chaotic. She touched her flat belly.
“How are you feeling?”
The doctor in a white coat approached and asked.
Yeon-woo replied that she was fine.
“Have you started experiencing morning sickness?”
“Not yet. If anything, my appetite seems to have improved.”
“An improved appetite is good for both the baby and the mother. The timing of morning sickness varies from person to person. Let’s see how well the gestational sac has grown.”
The doctor slowly moved her hand, starting the ultrasound examination.
“It’s grown more than last week. Do you see?”
Yeon-woo silently stared at the screen.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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