The faint, yellow streetlight was only illuminating the alley where the large car had disappeared. The dark alley looked even more desolate now that it was completely empty.
Deeply buried in the office sofa, Do Ha was lost in deep thought with his eyes closed.
Finally, he sat up from the sofa and rubbed his dry face with his hand.
“Please handle it quickly if possible.”
The lawyer, Jung, who had been reviewing the documents across from him, looked up at his words.
“Will you be okay?”
“Yes.”
“Yes, understood. Then I will proceed with it today.”
As Lawyer Jung was about to rise from his seat, he heard Do Ha’s voice.
“Hold on a moment.”
“Yes, Executive Director. Please go ahead.”
“……”
But Do Ha couldn’t say anything. He could only keep his eyes on the documents in Lawyer Jung’s hand that were about to be sent out.
I don’t understand why I feel such a sense of loss over those documents, when my wife and I have already ended things.
I know. I know well. That I have to let go of Hyun Seo.
But that decision was not easy. I don’t know how Hyun Seo made her decision so easily.
I didn’t know she had such a ruthless side, she seemed like a new person.
‘It must be my doing……’
“No, just submit it today. It’s something we have to do anyway.”
Lawyer Jung silently looked at Do Ha. The man who decisively handles company business has had several meetings over this divorce document submission issue.
“Please process it quickly, Lawyer Jung, before I change my mind.”
“Yes. I will leave right away and return.”
Do Ha silently rose from the sofa and returned to his desk.
Letting go of Hyun Seo. It felt like carving out the warmest spring day of his life.
Young Suk was boiling with anger. She needed to vent her emotions, but there was nowhere to do so.
“Damn those women. Acting all high and mighty. What’s so different about them and me that they have to act so superior?”
Sitting in the back seat, she was muttering and spitting out curses.
She was on her way back from a ladies’ meeting today.
She had worn a dress she bought recently to show off, but those women had giggled and teased her, asking where she found such a tasteless dress, that it was a talent in itself.
‘Clearly, it was a dress that Hye Mi said suited me well.’
“They act as if they dress so elegantly.”
“Excuse me? Madam, what did you say?”
The driver, Kim, asked at the sound of Young Suk’s muttering.
“No, just focus on your driving.”
Young Suk, who had snapped at the innocent driver, Kim, was fuming alone. The conversation she had earlier with Lady Ji from Yeongwoo Industries kept coming to mind, causing her anger to flare up.
“Daesung Industries said they’re not sending a proposal because they’re restructuring. I tried talking to Chairman Choi and Chairman Kwak, and they all said they have marriage proposals going back and forth.”
“No, all of a sudden everyone has marriage proposals. Isn’t that strange? Even if our Do Ha is a bachelor, where is there a groom like him?”
Young Suk had asked Lady Ji to find a marriage partner for Do Ha. She was planning to arrange a marriage as soon as the divorce was finalized.
But no one is even willing to consider it.
Those who would consider it didn’t meet her standards, and those who did, wouldn’t even consider it.
Of course, she could talk to the matchmaker, but the matchmaker said they would discuss it once the divorce was confirmed.
So she had asked Lady Ji, who was close and approachable, but the response she got was that they all had prospective brides.
“Isn’t that strange? This is clearly… Are they avoiding on purpose?”
As Young Suk vented her anger, Lady Ji came closer and whispered in her ear.
“I know very well that your eldest son is excellent. I also tried to arrange it because I know there would be plenty of families who would jump at the chance if they only saw the groom.”
“Then, what’s the problem?”
At that question, Lady Ji hesitated for a moment before answering.
“I didn’t want to say this, but it seems to me that they’re not sending because of you.”
“What? Because of me?”
“The rumor is that you chased your daughterinlaw away because of your temper. Who would want to send their daughter to such a household?”
“What? Who’s been spouting such nonsense? I never chased my daughterinlaw away! She left on her own, on her own. Who’s spreading such rumors!”
No matter how much she thought about the conversation with Lady Ji, it seemed like the rumor was spread by Hyun Seo.
As soon as she thought this, Young Suk couldn’t stand it anymore and called Hyun Seo.
The call ended without even ringing. It was the same no matter how many times she tried.
Strange. Was the phone broken? Young Suk, tilting her head, spoke to the driver, Kim.
“Do you know Hyun Seo’s phone number?”
“Yes, I have the young madam’s contact saved.”
“Try calling her.”
When Driver Kim made the call, the phone rang, and after a while, they heard Hyun Seo picking up.
Driver Kim. What can I do for you?
As expected, seeing that Hyun Seo had answered Driver Kim’s call, Young Suk’s eyes narrowed dangerously. Without needing to listen further, she snatched the phone from Driver Kim.
“Hey! What are you up to?”
What? What are you…
Hyun Seo seemed taken aback and hesitated before replying.
“I’m humiliated because of you!”
I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I’ve never done anything related to you, so I don’t understand what you mean.
“What, motherinlaw? Did you just call me motherinlaw?”
Yes.
“Huh, huh! This is just too much.”
Young Suk was so speechless that she choked on her words for a moment. This was simply too much.
Before I got married to Do Ha, you told me to call you motherinlaw, but you opposed it and told me to call you ‘motherinlaw’. Now that I have left the house, I thought you’d make a fuss if I called you ‘mother’.
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
