Sitting face to face with her wasn’t too bad a feeling. I felt like I could give her whatever she wanted.
The benefits I was going to gain through Eun Seo Woo, no, Kim Min Joo were massive. Not just economic benefits or the position of the successor.
She was going to save his life that was brutally trampled when he was young. Tae Min Hyuk’s heart was stained with wounds and was broken, so there was no warmth left for him to look at and measure others.
He appeared strong as if he was wearing armor on the outside, but inside, he was always trying to survive, becoming a wreck. He, too, was struggling through anxiety.
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At that moment,
Min Chan was sitting in a hotel sauna, huffing and puffing.
He had no idea where he went wrong. It was about Tae Min Hyuk dating that female employee.
Feeling frustrated, he even dragged both drivers into the sauna and had them sit next to him. The empty place was like Min Chan’s bamboo forest.
“Could it have leaked from somewhere? Like Tae Min Hyuk manipulated it, knowing in advance that eyewitness accounts would come out like that?”
“It’s not entirely impossible.”
“Sly guy.”
Huu, Min Chan sighed out long due to his angry heart. But he still couldn’t believe it. Even if it was to avoid a scandal, would Tae Min Hyuk go as far as to fake dating? No, he could.
“You know it. What kind of guy he is. He’s a guy who doesn’t choose means and methods for his goal.”
Thanks to him, Min Chan, who had been living comfortably all this time, was feeling various threats recently. Tae Min Hyuk’s goal seemed clear. Skillfully penetrating the central location to snatch his things.
He had already intruded deeply.
“If he was pushed out, he should have lived cowering in a corner, where does he think this is, sneaking in and messing up. I can’t even swallow food because of that guy.”
“You should still eat well. Madam is worried.”
“Ah, enough. You better do your job properly. What is this, not knowing that the two people would come out like that and just aimlessly running around.”
Min Chan raised his voice. The driver was no different from his punching bag.
“I am the only person you can trust to handle such things, aren’t I? If you’re getting paid, you should earn your keep, properly. Right?”
“I will be careful.”
“Anyway, those two, they’re definitely not real. I had heard Tae Min Hyuk spinning his head ahead of marriage. He’s been avoiding entanglement with Wang Hyo Hee, knowing what kind of family she’s from, that’s not enough for him. But, huh, a desk worker? That’s a joke. He’s probably just trying to avoid scandal and throw her away.”
“That’s likely.”
“We can use that woman then, so keep a good eye on her. First, it would be better if we can find evidence that it’s not real.”
“Yes, I’ll look closely.”
Min Chan gritted his teeth at the sight of sweat droplets falling to the floor.
Anyway, Tae Min Hyuk, the stumbling block in my life. An annoying stone that must be removed and thrown away.
Min Chan, who always tripped over pebbles and fell over himself, was still shadowboxing.
“… President.”
When Seo Woo called again, the president, who had been absorbed in thought for a while, raised his head. His somewhat subdued gaze pricked at her heart.
For a moment, it felt like she was suffocating again. Seo Woo gathered her words, wondering why this man was doing this to me.
“You gave me flowers in the morning, and now there’s a rumor in the company.”
“What kind.”
“Ha, ……that the president and I are dating.”
“If Miss Eun Seo Woo hasn’t responded yet, it’s not true yet.”
“Yes, it’s not true.”
“If the rumor spreads, I’ll correct it by saying that I’m just following Miss Eun Seo Woo around.”
She couldn’t get used to the president who aggressively courted her without even blinking an eye.
Although Seo Woo was building a wall now, in fact, was he not her secret crush? Her heart was pounding madly.
“I don’t understand why you’re doing this much. You and I had no relationship, and there was no reason. Why are you suddenly doing this to me.”
“Oh, the reason.”
Finally, the president was going to tell her straightforwardly, so Seo Woo pricked up her ears.
No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t find an answer. So, wasn’t she only thinking about ridiculous things like he liked her or fell in love at first sight?
“I can summarize it in about three things.”
“… Three things?”
It’s already a familiar feeling.
“Firstly, truth be told, my gaze often fell on Eun Seo Woo who greeted me from the same spot almost every day for over two years.”
That was exactly what she had been thinking. A thought she had found absurd.
“I couldn’t properly look at the face of the person I liked, so you probably didn’t notice.”
So, it was true?
“Secondly, during one of those times, I overheard in the lounge that Eun Seo Woo liked me.”
Gosh, her lips parted.
Those absurd words were truly being uttered by Tae Min Hyuk himself.
“Thirdly, the moment Eun Seo Woo entered the restaurant.”
“…Moment?”
“I felt it was fate.”
“Ha.”
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.”
