Hye Won closed her eyes tightly and relaxed her body.
Her neatly trimmed nails felt like they were digging into her scalp, but she didn’t show any signs of pain. Whether she was shaken or grasped forcefully, she just let it be.
It was essential to have a thorough meeting on the company side to gather information before meeting the passenger. Someone had to buy time, and someone had to bear the passenger’s anger with their whole body.
If an employee from the head office ignored the situation, it would lower the morale of the branch office employees, so Hye Won headed to the consultation room without hesitation.
“Hey, don’t you understand what I’m saying? Don’t you know who I am?”
As time went on, the middleaged woman’s voice became increasingly angry.
It was already irritating enough to make one want to die, and the entry of Deputy Na’s flattering apology only increased the irritation.
“How are you going to compensate, huh? Speak up. My time, my contract, what will happen to it all. Are you going to compensate for everything? Will you do it?”
She twisted the held hair to the opposite side.
Hye Won’s head shook in response.
“I’m telling you to bring out the person in charge. Why. Did they tell you to use your body to cover it up? Are you good at covering up with your body?”
The implication was ambiguous.
“Is this how you cover things up with your body and work in the company? And get paid like this? Even though you earn just a few pennies?”
At the end of her words, the middleaged woman sneered.
Even if she begged and laid down flat, it didn’t help; the submissive attitude without a single cry of pain incited anger.
“Look at her. She’s quite a venomous one.”
…Venomous.
Hye Won let out a long breath.
The nickname she had momentarily forgotten came to mind. It was a phrase she often heard from her classmates who ridiculed her during her school days, who found her awkward.
It seems like you can’t hide your bloodline. They said my mother was venomous too. The relatives said so. How venomous must she have been to leave her children behind and run away with a young man?
You’re just like your venomous mother. They said she lives without understanding a single emotion that a person should have.
“She seems determined to infuriate me to death. Hey, hey!”
The middleaged woman raised her voice even more. Thinking that she could no longer pressure Hye Won by merely holding her hair, she momentarily let go.
Is it over? Hye Won slowly lifted her eyelids.
That’s when it happened.
“I’m going crazy. Get me some water.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
Hye Won, who had neatly responded, moved her steps. She took out the bottled water that was on display, poured it into a crystal glass, and transferred it to the tray.
The middleaged woman, instead of drinking the cold water Hye Won offered, poured it all over her.
The sudden shock of the cold water on her heated, gripped hair caused the pentup pain to start acting up.
The water flowed down her hair. Her eyelashes became wet, and every time she blinked, the dampness spread.
“Did you say you’re a deputy?”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“I’m going to sue your airline. Why? Because of you. You made me even angrier.”
“Please calm down. I apologize.”
“Apologize? Have you sold your soul and just moving your lips? She must think people are nothing more than……!”
The middleaged woman, who was chuckling at Hye Won’s dry tone, lifted her arm high.
What was about to happen was clear as day, so Hye Won slowly closed her eyes.
Slap!
A much larger friction sound than she expected was heard. However, as she didn’t feel the pain, Hye Won lifted her eyelids.
Oh…
Tae Beom, who had been slapped, slowly moved his hand and wiped the corner of his mouth.
Then he looked at Hye Won. Seeing the water dripping from her disheveled hair, his expression turned even colder.
“Yoon, step back.”
“…..”
“Quickly.”
With a hardened hand, Tae Beom led her one step forward.
Hye Won flinched. Even though it was momentary, an unusually warm energy radiated from the fingertips that touched him.
His broad back obscured her view, and she tightly closed her eyes when she could no longer see the middleaged woman.
She hurriedly hid her heated fingertips into a clenched fist. With her eyelids forcibly closed, she exhaled a labored breath.
She exerted all her strength to quickly push out this moment, which seemed like it would be stored somewhere in her mind.
…She had to push it out.
She didn’t want unforgettable memories accumulating in her life.
If it’s memories with that man who will only bring regret in the future, all the more so.
“Ahh, Executive Director Ha Tae Beom.”
Only the middleaged woman and Tae Beom were left in the consultation room where all the employees, including Hye Won, had disappeared.
They sat facing each other, a low table in between. The middleaged woman relaxed her expression somewhat, having recognized him as the person in charge as soon as Tae Beom arrived.
The middleaged woman handed him her business card from her clutch while looking down at Tae Beom’s business card.
“My name is Lisa Jang. I’m currently residing in England, and am involved in trade business.”
“I see.”
Tae Beom looked at her business card and placed it on the table.
As Lisa Jang leaned her upper body forward, she added to Tae Beom.
“You’re more handsome in person. I think I saw you on the news before.”
The atmosphere was markedly different from when she was wildly swinging Hye Won’s hair around.
Is Tae Beom just an executive director? He’s a member of Yoo Sun Airline.
Well, we need to be at least this connected to communicate, right? Lisa Jang tried again to find a common ground.
“Oh, do you know Congressman Gong Hee Taek? The one who won his fourth term this time.”
“Ah, yes.”
“I know him very well. His wife is my close schoolmate. From Yong Hye High School, the 12th class.”
“I see.”
“The world is so small. You come across someone you know just by crossing a few bridges. Not to mention the narrow land of Korea.”
Lisa Jang leaned back on the sofa again. Tae Beom’s curt responses seemed lukewarm.
But strangely, she wasn’t angry like before. It was a strange thing.
“Now, why don’t you tell me. How should I handle this unpleasant situation?”
As if to say if he has something to say, say it, she gestured towards Tae Beom.
Tae Beom appeared to ponder for a moment before opening his mouth.
“Have you appointed a lawyer yet?”
Lisa Jang made a dumbfounded face.
An unexpected line of questioning had begun.
Male lead says he’s pregnant — and it’s female lead’s child
Something seems a bit off about this world.
Wang Zhao thought as she watched a pregnant man walking towards her…
Intro
Female lead finds herself in a world where the men who possess the ability to bear children.
As she navigates this unfamiliar reality, she is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of her boyfriend, who reveals that he is pregnant.
Is this truly her boyfriend?
Why can’t she recall any details about their time together?
She begins to doubt whether the child her boyfriend is carrying is even hers.
Is there a hidden reason behind her amnesia, or could it be a side effect of her sudden arrival in this strange new world?
Just when it seems the protagonist’s life couldn’t become any more entangled, her ex-boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance, raising questions about the protagonist’s past.
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