“You’re the only heir to a group without a proper successor.”
Then he took a step toward me, frozen in place.
“You may have inherited a considerable share, but there are no shareholders willing to listen to you.”
“…”
“What you can do now is marry me and secure your position.”
His gaze seemed to say, ‘So stop thinking nonsense and sign the marriage registration.’
The words Ji Han spat out at me were close to threats.
But on the other hand, he was right.
If I were the same person before my regression, I might have succumbed to these threats and stamped my approval.
Unable to bear the pain of being alone, I would have run into Ji Han’s arms.
‘But I’m not the naive Yeo Jin anymore.’
Heat boiled up from deep within my chest, and I clenched the edge of the document in my hand.
I took a deep breath to barely hold back the surging anger.
I clenched my fist tightly enough to leave nail marks.
I wanted to tear the documents to shreds, but now was the time to endure.
“Are you threatening me right now?”
“If it sounded like a threat, I’m sorry.”
Still brazenly addressing me, he met my gaze and smiled coldly.
Then Ji Han slowly lowered his head and spoke softly.
“I would like to say that it’s concern for my fiancée.”
A lie.
And then, as if he had never been angry, he returned to his usual rational self.
“I’d like to clear up any misunderstandings we had today.”
In my past life, I had never fought with him like this, raising our voices.
That’s why his dual nature, getting angry like fire and then calmly speaking, gave me chills.
“If we get married, all your problems will be solved. The succession issue and the headache-inducing shareholders’ meetings.”
His arrogant gaze seemed to be certain that I would accept this marriage.
Well, if he’s going to be delusional, it’s better to make it more certain.
“Yes. Marriage is the most reliable solution.”
Unable to bring myself to say no, I swallowed and turned up the corners of my mouth toward him.
“I want my husband to take over the group too.”
But my husband won’t be you.
And only then did Ji Han show a satisfied smile at my barely audible words.
“You made a good decision. Take a rest.”
Leaving those words behind, Ji Han left.
After he left, I stood there for a while before turning around and entering the house.
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As darkness settled, I entered the house and turned on the light switch.
I put down the shopping bag in my hand and collapsed onto the sofa.
The brown envelope inside the shopping bag on the table.
‘A marriage registration form…?’
I chuckled at the thought of Ji Han brazenly talking about marriage.
As I took out the documents from the envelope, a photo from someone close to Ji Han arrived.
In the photo, Seo Rin looked surprised, wrapped in Ji Han’s arms as he got out of the car.
He seemed to be startled, probably thinking he had gone home but came back again.
“I guess we just need the two of us for marriage.”
The future of the two penniless people seemed promising.
There would be no way we’d get married in this life. The marriage registration form in my hand was cruelly crumpled.
“Laugh as much as you want now.”
Looking at the smiling Seo Rin in the photo, I ruthlessly tore the crumpled document in my hand.
The torn pieces of the document fluttered in the air in front of my eyes.
“Because that laughter will soon stop.”
A phone call came early in the morning.
“Ms. Yoon, start coming to work from next Monday.”
I stood still for a while after receiving the director’s call to return to work.
I was stunned by the sudden news of returning to work.
“How did this happen? You said it wouldn’t work.”
“Well… it’s difficult to return as the main anchor. But it’s not entirely impossible either.”
His words had an ambiguous nuance, leaving me wondering whether it would happen or not.
“I have some good news that Ms. Yoon might like.”
“Good news?”
“I’ll explain when you come to work, so let’s talk about the details in person.”
The director left an ambiguous answer to my question and hung up the phone.
I vividly remembered him firmly saying that it would be difficult for me to return as an anchor in the office where I had encountered Ji Han.
‘The fact that my return to work has been decided means there’s a variable in the anchor appointment for Chae Seo Rin.’
Although he said it wasn’t a return to the main anchor position, the way he trailed off at the end made it seem like there was a possibility for me as well.
It depended on how I intervened.
I didn’t know the exact details, but my heart felt lighter with the unexpectedly satisfying result.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
