As Hyun Seo grumbled recalling the past, Do Ha chuckled softly.
“I won’t do it anymore. So, you too, stop it.”
“I’m fine now. I need to at least go get my phone.”
“Alright, then let’s go to Songhwagung together.”
“I want to go alone by taxi. I don’t want to be seen with you in front of others.”
“……”
For a moment, Do Ha stopped speaking, feeling a pain stabbing in his chest.
Even seeing Do Ha looking disheartened, Hyun Seo continued.
“I don’t want our past to be known in front of other people.”
“……”
“Even today, it must have looked strange to others that you took me to the hospital. So…”
But she couldn’t finish her words.
“Hyun Seo!”
Lucas’s voice could be heard from a little distance. Seeing Lucas approaching a few steps away, the two closed their mouths.
“Hyun Seo, you’re awake? How are you feeling?”
“I’m fine. Did the company dinner end well?”
“I came out first. I was worried about Hyun Seo… Well, since I left, the remaining people are probably comfortably drinking.”
“I see……”
“Do you know how surprised I was when you suddenly collapsed? I told you not to overdo it.”
Thanks to the sudden appearance of Lucas, Do Ha lost his momentum.
If he was going to leave, he should have done so a little later.
Watching the two of them having a friendly conversation, Do Ha involuntarily frowned. Hyun Seo caught sight of this and gave a businesslike smile.
“Executive Director Chae has left, Representative Yu.”
At those words, Do Ha’s frown deepened.
What, so she’s going to ride back with Lucas, not in my car, right now?
“Ah, Executive Director Chae. I see. You’ve worked hard taking care of our director here.”
Lucas, adding more fuel to the fire with a broad grin, was just outrageous.
Hyun Seo naturally offered his thanks, as if to wrap things up.
“Thank you, Executive Director Chae. I’ve caused trouble at a place where you came to celebrate good news. Despite your busy schedule.”
Do Ha didn’t respond, his face stiff.
“I feel too sorry to take up any more time. Now that Representative Yu is here, please go ahead.”
Despite the obvious discomfort, Hyun Seo’s ability to smile genuinely was impressive. Bitterly so.
Do Ha had no choice but to rise from his seat. He couldn’t make things more difficult for her, not in front of her employer and when she wasn’t feeling well.
Though he would have preferred to carry her to his car if he could.
“Alright. Then, take care of yourself, and I’ll see you again next time.”
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Inside the car returning to Songhwagung, Hyun Seo felt terribly sorry towards Lucas.
“I’m sorry, Lucas. Because of me today…”
“Don’t say things like that. I should be the one feeling sorry, for Hyun Seo who’s overworked herself.”
“No, it’s not like that. I was also greedy about work.”
“We should process it as a work accident.”
Hyun Seo just laughed it off.
After that, Hyun Seo didn’t say anything for a while. Lucas drove in silence for some time, but in reality, he was hesitating.
“Hyun Seo.”
“Hmm.”
Since Hyun Seo didn’t bring it up first, he hesitated about when to ask the question he wanted to ask.
“Hyun Seo… while I was unaware… did anything develop between you and Executive Director Chae?”
“……”
In the end, Lucas asked the question he had been hesitating over. He wanted to hear the answer not from Do Ha, but from Hyun Seo.
Hyun Seo, who had been silent, opened her lips.
“Lucas…”
“Tell me, Hyun Seo.”
Looking at Hyun Seo, who did not deny it, Lucas felt a bad premonition but wanted to know for sure.
“Ha……”
Hyun Seo let out a long sigh before finally giving an answer.
“That person… is Do Hyun’s father.”
Screech―
Suddenly, the car came to a halt at the side of the road.
“I’m, I’m sorry, Hyun Seo!”
Lucas, who had stopped the car, quickly turned to look at Hyun Seo, who was sitting next to him.
“But what did you just say?”
Hyun Seo, who was startled, looked dumbfounded for a moment before she wore an embarrassed expression.
“I’m sorry for not telling you earlier, Lucas.”
“No, no. It’s not something you should be sorry for, Hyun Seo.”
He had heard when he was in Taiwan that Hyun Seo’s exhusband was from a chaebol family in Korea, but he did not know who he was.
He had no interest since Hyun Seo acted as if she would never see her exhusband again. He only found out about a company called Jinseong after he came to Korea.
But who did she say that person was?
Lucas scrunched up his face as if he didn’t want to believe it.
“Executive Director Chae… is Do Hyun’s father! Ha……”
So it was all intertwined like this. That her exhusband of all people was from the Jinseong family.
He couldn’t bear to think how foolish he had been to collaborate with SH, a subsidiary of Jinseong.
Moreover, the atmosphere between the two of them lately had been abnormal, which made him even more anxious.
“Now that I think about it, he really does resemble Do Hyun.”
“That person still doesn’t know, Lucas.”
“What?”
“That he had a child with me… he still doesn’t know Do Hyun is his child. I have no intention of ever telling him.”
“Really?”
“I divorced him almost like I was running away, to keep it from him.”
Hyun Seo spoke with a troubled look, and Lucas read a painful expression on her face.
Seeing how much Do Ha Chae was doing, it was 200% certain he still had feelings for Hyun Seo, and given that there was a child between them, a reunion was completely possible if only Hyun Seo was swayed.
“You know, Hyun Seo.”
Lucas started speaking with a slightly angry face.
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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.”
