‘She wants to meet me because she has nothing to do with Jaewoo or Jipil.’

Using me as an excuse to demand something from Jaewoo or Jipil.

If that’s the case, the next step was clear.

Chaeyoon quickly moved her hands to confirm whether the conversation with Kyunghee was properly recorded.

All she needed was to check the part related to Jaewoo’s article.

『One article related to Jaewoo…….』

After confirming, as Chaeyoon was about to leave for Jaewoo, the phone she was holding vibrated for a long time.

“Secretary Jo.”

After checking the caller, Chaeyoon answered the call.

“Yes, Secretary Jo.”

[Dash] Mrs. Sa. Hello.

“Yes, hello. Why did you call?”

[Dash] Well, the chairman wants to see you briefly. Can you come now?

“The chairman wants to see me now?”

[Dash] Yes. He said he has something to say, so it would be good to see him before the next schedule. He’s currently having a brief meeting with external guests, so if you come in about 10 minutes, it should be perfect.
Thinking that the reason for asking to see her was because of Kyunghee, Chaeyoon responded affirmatively and hung up the phone. After that, she tried to call Jaewoo to inform him of this fact, but the notification that the call was in progress was heard.

It seemed like she was having a work-related call. Checking the time on her wristwatch, Chaeyoon entered a message to send to Jaewoo.

“Oppa, Grandfather wants to see me for a moment. I’ll come after a brief meeting.”

The message was sent.

Chaeyoon’s steps headed towards the chairman’s office.

[Star Icon] [Dash] Yes. I relayed the message as you mentioned, and she understood, so I ended the call.

“All right. Good job.”

Kyunghee, who had ended the call, put down the phone she was holding.

Among the two options, the worst one was to interfere with Chaeyoon.

Despite the considerable risk, Kyunghee chose this method because there was no other way to resolve everything more decisively than this.

Choosing the benefit of her plan going as desired over safety, Kyunghee deliberately called Chaeyoon.

It wasn’t about making an appointment. Kyunghee’s goal was to let Chaeyoon know that Jipil knew something and to hint at what she would do to Jaewoo in advance.

If it was the Song Chaeyoon who wanted to reveal her true self to Jipil, she would go to Jipil to talk with just this much information.

I explained it carefully, even though she might be irritated by the article and go into detail about how she felt about it…

“I hope the recording was done well.”

It should have been like that.

Muttering to herself, Kyunghee checked the time and made a call somewhere.

“Song Chaeyoon is probably heading towards the chairman’s office by now. Bring her here discreetly.”

[Dash] Yes. Understood.

“Don’t handle her too roughly.”

With a fairly inclusive tone, Kyunghee finished speaking and closed her eyes at the news that Chaeyoon was no longer there, already imagining Jaewoo’s appearance, who would come looking for her.

Even after finding Chaeyoon, he would probably bother people a lot, but there wouldn’t be much he could do about it.

‘True.’

When Song Chaeyoon says she wants a divorce, that’s when. Why give her heart and reveal her weaknesses voluntarily?

“Poor kind Chaeyoon has to suffer for nothing.”

Shaking her head with her tongue clamped down, Kyunghee closed her eyes.

She raised her right hand, grabbed her throat, and stretched her neck. The stiff neck muscles pleaded for relief.

Perhaps because she hadn’t slept a wink all night, her body felt heavy.

Thinking that she should prepare to go out after having a cup of coffee, Kyunghee headed to the kitchen.

The aroma of rich and fragrant coffee stimulated Kyunghee’s sense of smell. The scent alone seemed to loosen the tension in her mind.

After savoring the aroma, Kyunghee took a sip of the bitter coffee, which was cool to her throat.

“Ah, now I feel a bit alive.”

Feeling momentarily refreshed, Kyunghee, who had not been able to sleep all night, started preparing to go out.
30 minutes had passed.

In that time, after finishing a strong cup of coffee and getting dressed, Kyunghee leisurely held her phone in her hand.

She thought she would have received a message by now indicating that the task was complete, but there was no contact from the people who had assigned her the job.

“Still nothing?”

It was a task that needed to be carried out as discreetly and quickly as possible. The fact that it was taking this long was not a good sign. Narrowing her eyes, Kyunghee grabbed her bag and car keys.

As Kyunghee was about to make a call to a man after getting in the car, she heard a notification sound.

Ringtone.

A message had arrived from the man. Kyunghee quickly answered the call.

“Why is the contact taking so long?”

[Dash] Miss Song Chaeyoon hasn’t appeared.

“Not appeared? What does that mean?”

[Dash] I’ve been waiting for over 30 minutes, and I don’t see a single strand of her hair. Is she really coming this way?

“Are you guarding not only the access passage but also the other entrance?”

[Dash] Yes. But the security team is patrolling, so we need to leave quickly. What should we do?

Kyunghee instructed him to wait for now and then contacted Secretary Cho.

[Dash] Yes, madam.

“Has Song Chaeyoon arrived there?”

[Dash] No? She hasn’t come. Weren’t you meeting with her, madam?

Suddenly, a sense of foreboding struck Kyunghee like a blow to the back of her head.

“Confirm if Song Chaeyoon is currently in her seat and let me know.”

[Dash] Yes. I understand.

“Oh, and Jaewoo too.”

[Dash] Yes.

The contact from Secretary Cho came quickly.

“The madam has left for a while, and even after leaving, she hasn’t returned to her seat yet. The executive is in a meeting.”

Looking at Secretary Cho’s message, Kyunghee’s vision became dizzy.

Not in the chairman’s office and not at her desk either.

“Where is she? Where on earth?”

She had a strong intuition that something had gone terribly wrong.

The only fortunate thing was that Han Jaewoo was in a meeting. Since he seemed unaware that Chaeyoon was missing, Kyunghee had to find out her location by any means necessary.

Kyunghee called the man and said, “I will find Song Chaeyoon within the next hour.”

One hour. The time when blood would run dry began.

After getting out of the car and returning to her room, Kyunghee waited for the man’s contact without even changing her clothes.

Exactly 55 minutes later, Kyunghee’s silent phone vibrated.

In her anxious state, waiting for contact with her restless heart, Kyunghee’s eyes sparkled.

Reaching out urgently with her phone, Kyunghee saw the message.

“Han Jaewoo”