Chairman Cha Jiseop’s expression grew increasingly displeased as he received the report on what had happened today at the HJ Hotel VIP lounge.
Even Kong Hyunsoo, the secretary-general who had been serving Chairman Cha for 25 years, flinched in such moments.
Glancing sideways at Secretary-General Kong, Chairman Cha gestured with his hand.
“Continue.”
Secretary-General Kong, cautiously eyeing Chairman Cha’s furrowed brow, spoke again.
“The journalists that ST Group’s Young Lady brought were from Jinil Daily and Haesin Daily.”
“To dare bring journalists to a marriage meeting. Such audacity in youth.”
Regardless of the marriage meeting being a mere formality and a gateway to a predetermined goal, there should be mutual respect.
Even if the ‘merchandise’ presented at the meeting could be the worst, there should be room to retreat.
But to bring journalists to block that path is beyond audacious.
Chairman Cha’s discomfort was evident, so Cha Hyun, standing behind him, quietly added.
“It just shows how desperate ST is. They must hold onto whatever they can.”
Cha Hyun, gently patting her father’s shoulder, looked at Secretary-General Kong.
“So, Doha knew this in advance and took Seo Yoo-eun with him?”
“Yes. According to the secretarial staff we sent there…”
Secretary-General Kong nodded, showing a few pictures on the wall of the chairman’s office.
“If they want to take pictures, let them. Let’s see how they like their faces plastered in the papers, together like this,” Doha had said.
Every moment of Doha’s entrance and exit from the VIP lounge unfolded on the wall.
Chairman Cha raised his voice angrily.
“That guy is crazy too.”
His eyes lingered on the image of Doha, holding the hand of the image trainer, entering the VIP lounge.
His handsome face bore a smile rarely seen.
“To bring a woman to such a place, and holding hands like that.”
A creeping sense of displeasure niggled at his nape.
But Cha Hyun remained calm, merely smiling thinly.
“Seems like Ms. Seo Yoo-eun was quite shocked. Her face was frozen.”
Chairman Cha didn’t appreciate her comment.
“Are you siding with that woman?”
A woman of unknown background meddling in the marriage arrangement?
It was a complete mess.
Which situation, after all, would have journalists accompanying a marriage meeting?
“Your decision to assign her, and look what it’s turned into. Shameful, really.”
Chairman Cha grunted in frustration, and Cha Hyun gently smiled, pressing his shoulder.
“Ms. Seo Yoo-eun had called me. So I told her to go. The objective was to have the meeting proceed, wasn’t it? Otherwise, there would have been bigger trouble, Father.”
She wasn’t wrong.
As soon as Doha agreed to attend the meeting, trouble was expected.
Doha wouldn’t simply comply like Inwoo.
“Imagine if he had brought Kim Haeri instead. What would have happened?”
Cha Hyun’s words left Chairman Cha with no choice but to agree.
His worst fear was Kim Haeri appearing at the marriage meeting.
“Still, Ms. Seo Yoo-eun following him was a blessing.”
That made sense.
With her title as an image trainer, there were excuses available if misunderstandings arose.
That remark softened Chairman Cha’s tone.
“Then she should have just followed him. What is this? This.”
His discontent apparent, Chairman Cha’s voice softened slightly.
Chairman Cha Jiseop pointed at the photo of his grandson Doha, who was firmly holding Seo Yoo-eun’s hand. In the picture, Doha was smiling broadly, with his fingers interlocked with hers.
“He looks absolutely delighted, bringing another woman in front of the woman he’s to marry.”
Instead of shedding his playboy image, Doha seemed to have proven it at the marriage meeting.
If ST’s second-in-command or the journalists he brought along talked, it could link Doha’s father and him in a scandal, further tarnishing their image.
“Don’t you realize how detrimental this is for a leader of a group?”
“Don’t worry. Image is all about how you craft it. That’s why we have experts.”
Cha Hyun dismissed Chairman Cha’s concerns with a single statement.
“Seo Yoo-eun is fundamentally different from the other women linked with Doha. She’s a professional who clearly knows what she’s doing.”
From the beginning, Cha Hyun emphasized this point.
While other women might be desperate to cling to Doha, Seo Yoo-eun was not one of them. She could captivate Doha’s heart but wouldn’t become a fool who gives herself away in the process. She could even sacrifice her own feelings for a purpose.
“With such an expert by Doha’s side, there shouldn’t be a problem. Soon, the situation we desire will take shape.”
The phrase ‘the situation we desire’ slightly softened Chairman Cha’s expression.
The idea was to cleanly wrap up the women surrounding Doha, including Kim Haeri, and quietly accept an arranged marriage.
If Doha could be brought to that state, then such incidents were tolerable.
“Well, if that happens…”
Before Chairman Cha could finish, Cha Hyun smiled quietly and walked over to the wall displaying the photos.
“Just one request, please.”
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
*
Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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