“Chloe. I didn’t do it. Even if the circumstances might seem suspicious, this can’t be considered as evidence. You can check, I didn’t take anything.”
Seo Rin held her head high with confidence.
“Ms. Seo Rin. You’re shameless.”
“I can’t be blamed for something I didn’t do.”
Ye Seul was taken aback. Was she insisting that this was not a redhanded crime?
Was she planning to do the same thing as last time, treating Ye Seul like a sensitive person for her mistake?
“I find it hard to trust Ms. Seo Rin. For now, I’ll have to discuss this matter with the president.”
What kind of expression would Si Heon make when he heard Seo Rin’s story?
Ye Seul felt heavyhearted.
“Sigh…. Please stop bothering the president over trivial matters, Chloe.”
Seo Rin sighed and furrowed her brows.
“Most of the time, when entering the sample room, only the location of the CCTV in the corridor is cared for. The sample room doesn’t reveal the CCTV location to other employees for security reasons.”
“Are you saying you monitored me?”
“I’ve discussed this with Monsieur Sebastien Lefebvre from C2.”
There was a CCTV installed in the kitchen of C2 for security reasons.
Although a security company checked at night, no one really watched it during business hours.
Knowing this, Ye Seul didn’t feel good about being monitored in a strange environment.
“We installed it discreetly and only in one place because product development and secrets could be leaked.”
Ye Seul’s eyes reached where Seo Rin was pointing.
It seemed like a place with many blind spots. She wondered if this was the location Sebastien requested to minimize monitoring.
“So…. has the president been watching me all this time?”
Ye Seul bit her lower lip.
“The president is not so free to look at Chloe all day.”
Seo Rin frowned and put her hand on her waist.
“If you had been monitoring continuously, wouldn’t you have caught the intruder?”
“Do you mean it would have been captured on CCTV?”
Seo Rin nodded.
“Perhaps. The president has been checking CCTV himself since he started cleaning up last night. But as you can see, because it was installed for prevention, there are many blind spots, so it’s troublesome.”
“So it’s hard to catch the culprit.”
“Well, we are checking the last three days since the design of Rudolph changed, so it will take time, but I believe they will be caught. However, the president….”
Ye Seul leaned forward, waiting for Seo Rin’s followup.
“There were so many overlapping jobs with Baek Song Hotel due to the C2 Kore issue, on top of the usual work. It’s worrying that there’s no time to rest.”
Ye Seul understood why Si Heon didn’t return yesterday.
Why would the representative personally check the CCTV?
Could it be that Si Heon trusts no one?
“I’m sorry, but I can’t trust Seo Rin. I’ll check with the CEO.”
Ye Seul wanted to meet Si Heon immediately and confirm it.
“Truth is truth. Check it out.”
Seo Rin was quite confident. It was as if Seo Rin, who knew about the existence of the CCTV, was digging through the drawer under the countertop to get caught.
Ye Seul had the feeling it wasn’t Seo Rin, but was curious why she was in the sample room.
“But……. Seo Rin, why did you go through the drawer? What were you looking for?”
Seo Rin’s face flushed momentarily.
“Tha……, that is.”
Her stuttering was suspicious.
“Were you trying to trick me again?”
“No, that’s not it……. The CEO….”
“Si Heon?”
Somehow, it was strange to see Seo Rin shy.
“I……, I like it.”
Avoiding Ye Seul’s teasing gaze, Seo Rin murmured.
“Chocolate.”
Ah……. What should I do with this woman?
A bitter smile leaked from Ye Seul.
Normally, the haughty Seo Rin’s shy look was cute, but it was not pleasant that the counterpart was her own husband.
At some point, she couldn’t ignore the fact that Si Heon’s related issues were no longer unrelated to her.
Ye Seul frowned and walked to the fridge.
Feeling Seo Rin’s hopeful gaze, she took out the chocolate she had made as a sample.
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When Ye Seul arrived at the executive office, the whole city was draped in deep darkness.
She knocked, but there was no response.
“I’m sure he’s in there…….”
It was time for the secretaries, excluding Seo Rin, to go home.
When she cautiously opened the door, a slightly messy desk and a chair showing its back while looking at the full glass window came into view.
Ye Seul put down Si Heon’s coat and took off her own coat and put it next to it.
Under the coldly knitted cobalt blue knit, a silver long skirt shimmered like a mermaid’s scales.
Ye Seul hesitated and walked towards the desk.
Si Heon, sitting deep in the highbacked chair, had his eyes closed.
Was he asleep?
As she had felt earlier, despite staying up all night, he had a clean face.
The brilliant lights of the city fell on Si Heon’s face.
Dawn in Paris. The memory of sneaking a glance at Si Heon’s face, who was clutching the hem of her skirt entwined in the bicycle, welled up.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
