“Then, since you asked me to be comfortable, I will ask you sincerely.”
For the first time, Hye Won met his gaze firmly.
“In fact, there’s something I’ve been curious about.”
She had never been interested in office politics or anything like that since she started working.
She wanted to be a worker who could somehow assist the company and be a member that wouldn’t harm the prestigious image of the airline.
She always thought she should repay what she had received in any form.
But repaying in this way was something she hadn’t even dreamed of.
“Executive Director.”
When Hye Won gently called out with a different expression and tone than usual, this time Tae Beom became tense.
A clear light was visible in her black eyes. There was no more tension to be found in her eyes, shining transparently like a black gem.
To Tae Beom, who was accustomed to the old, office politicsinfested eyes, her gaze at this moment seemed exceptional.
“Executive Director Ha Tae Beom.”
Not knowing what words would spring from those red lips, Tae Beom swallowed his dry saliva.
His heart pounded. It felt as if it was swelling to its limit.
The silence that lasted for a few seconds felt oppressive.
“What do you think of Kim Yang?”
…What?
Tae Beom, taken aback, unconsciously swayed his upper body and stepped back.
He realized only then that he had been clenching his fist in tension.
“What do you think of Kim Yang, you say? What kind of question is that?”
“I was just curious. You did say to ask if I was curious.”
What do I think of Kim Yang?
Well?
“What should I say in response to that.”
What about something he’d never even thought of?
“Well, in summary, a lifelong companion.”
Wow. A lifelong companion……!
Hye Won’s eyes widened at the unexpected bombshell.
“Are you going to get married?”
Marriage? This time Tae Beom tensed his eyelids.
It was the most absurd and speechless question he had ever received, even if he added up all the questions he had ever received.
The idea of me marrying Kim Yang Hun, a male.
Has there ever been such a lack of prejudice?
“Deputy Yoon Hye Won. I’m a person who extremely, very much prefers the norm. I don’t know what kind of picture you’re imagining, but it’s impossible.”
“Ah……”
Hye Won sighed an unknown sigh and slowly nodded.
He talks about a companion for life, and then not even a few seconds later, he cuts off any talk of marriage.
So what is it? A secret lover hidden in the dark? Is that why you can’t even save the name properly?
Is this exactly like the wives of the conglomerates you see in dramas? What, something like that?!
“Yes. I won’t ask anymore. Thank you for having the courage to answer.”
“No, well, it takes courage to talk about Kim Yang.”
Hye Won slightly turned her head as if she did not want to join the conversation, and took a sip of her drink.
I thought their lives only seemed different, but the notion ingrained in a chaebol’s mind indeed felt much different than that of an ordinary person, and I felt a great deal more distance.
“Are you curious about my relationship with Kim Yang?”
“Yes.”
“No other questions? No other questions?”
“What? Other questions? Nothing else really…….”
Huh. Tae Beom raised an eyebrow.
He puffed up as if he was going to ask a serious question, but the question he ended up asking was a ridiculous one about Yang Hun.
Was he saying not to bother him if there was something he needed, he would find out on his own?
In his swelling heart, Tae Beom filled his glass to the brim.
It was subtly disappointing, as if he had hoped for some great question. It was true that the energy drained out of Tae Beom’s question, which was clearly playful.
It was then. Hye Won’s hand holding an empty glass suddenly jumped into his sight as he was filling his glass.
Tae Beom lifted his head.
“Do you want a drink?”
“Yes. Just one please.”
Tae Beom, who had been wary, filled half of Hye Won’s glass.
Looking back, he had never tilted his glass together since the start of the dinner.
It was unexpected since it wasn’t a very close relationship to make a toast, but she offered her glass first.
“Do you want me to fill it up?”
“No, it’s not that, a toast…….”
Hesitant to make a toast, Tae Beom hastily clinked his glass against hers.
The corner of Hye Won’s mouth, which had been making an uncomfortable expression all the while, rose a little.
The raised corner of her mouth rose a bit more, and a moment later, she made a broad smile.
“Executive director. I sincerely congratulate you on your inauguration.”
…Suddenly, something hot welled up from the bottom of his heart.
Tae Beom exhaled the breath he had been holding.
“Welcome back to Korea, really, really. I mean it.”
“Well, it is what it is.”
Tae Beom turned his head and gulped down his drink.
Was it because of the surprise greeting, or because of your face, which had regained its lost smile for a moment.
Neither was welcome.
Yang Hun, who said he would be back after the call, did not return even after thirty minutes, an hour.
In the meantime, the number of bottles increased by two.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
