“Don’t worry too much. I’ll make other plans.”

Unable to contain her shame towards Ga Eun, Yu Jin ended up lashing out at Yun Sook.

“There can’t be a bigger weakness than the secret of one’s birth!”

Yu Jin snapped at her, as if blaming Yun Sook for everything. Then Yun Sook showed a completely different attitude from before.

“I gave you a golden opportunity the night before the wedding. It was Seo Yu Jin who missed that last chance.”

Only after hearing Yun Sook’s words did Yu Jin belatedly realize that the mysterious person who called her the night before the wedding was Lee Yun Sook.

Yu Jin couldn’t say anything when Yun Sook hit the nail on the head. She recalled the night before the two’s wedding 3 years ago.

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Knowing that tomorrow was Do Jun’s wedding day, Yu Jin stayed in her room, not taking a single step out, feeling resigned.

While Do Jun was preparing for the wedding, she had tried to seduce him several times, but each time Do Jun had politely rejected her feelings. A deep sigh escaped Yu Jin’s lips.

At that moment, a call came through on her phone. Yu Jin, who was not going to answer the call from an unknown number, picked up the phone, annoyed by the persistent ringing.

“Who is this?”

Yu Jin was in a very irritated state, feeling dejected that she couldn’t stop Do Jun’s wedding.

[Don’t you want to ruin the wedding tomorrow?]

The voice on the other end of the line blatantly revealed their purpose, ignoring her irritation. But Yu Jin didn’t believe the words of someone she didn’t know.

“Who are you to call at this hour and say such things?”

Despite Yu Jin’s question, the woman only continued to speak her piece without revealing her identity.

[Who I am isn’t important right now. What’s important is that there’s still a chance to ruin Ji Do Jun and Yoon Ga Eun’s wedding.]

Yu Jin, enticed by the words ‘last chance’, focused all her attention on the unidentifiable voice.

“What can be done the night before the wedding?”

In response to Yu Jin’s question, a seductive voice continued through the receiver.

[I hear that CEO Ji Do Jun is alone and drunk at the K Hotel lounge right now. Could there be a better opportunity than this?]

The voice hung up abruptly after saying its piece. Seo Yu Jin tried calling that number several times again, but the other party refused to answer. After contemplating for a while, Yu Jin hurriedly grabbed her coat and hailed a taxi.

She was in a mood to do anything, no matter how despicable, if only she could ruin Ji Do Jun’s wedding. After all, five years had passed since she started one-sidedly loving Ji Do Jun.

Ji Do Jun was Seo Yu Jin’s long-time fiancé and the object of her unrequited love. She had naturally thought that as time passed, she would marry Ji Do Jun. Until he unilaterally broke off the engagement.

Arriving at the K Hotel lounge, Yu Jin took a deep breath before approaching Do Jun, who was sitting alone at the lounge bar.

“Sir, are you alright?”

Do Jun was so drunk that he couldn’t even understand the bartender’s voice. Yu Jin spoke to him once more to check his condition.

“Ji Do Jun. Shouldn’t you go home?”

Do Jun didn’t recognize Yu Jin in front of him. Yu Jin, linking arms with the drunk Do Jun, headed straight for a hotel suite room.

Sweat beaded on her forehead as she barely managed to lay Do Jun, who was two spans taller than her, on the bed. At that moment, Do Jun’s phone rang loudly.

Yu Jin took out the phone from the inner pocket of Do Jun’s suit and answered the call herself. Realizing that the caller was Yoon Ga Eun, Seo Yu Jin ended the call with the intention of separating the two.

Seo Yu Jin slowly approached and began to unbutton Do Jun’s shirt with her own hands. At that moment, Do Jun’s large hand tightly gripped her wrist.

“You must never love me.”

Do Jun’s drunken voice was slurred and barely audible. Yu Jin put her ear close to his face to hear his voice better. Once again, Do Jun’s lips moved slowly.

“Yoon Ga Eun.”

When Yoon Ga Eun’s name spilled from Do Jun’s lips, Seo Yu Jin’s hand, which had been holding his shirt, lost its strength.

After that, Yoon Ga Eun’s name came out of Do Jun’s mouth several more times, so Yu Jin had no choice but to leave the bed and exit the suite, leaving Do Jun alone.

Due to Lee Yun Sook’s scheme, photos of the two entering the hotel suite room together were spread on the internet in real-time.

However, as Shin Oh Group completely denied the scandal and Do Jun and Ga Eun held their wedding, this scandal quieted down like a common rumor that breaks out before a wedding.

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“You should at least be able to capture a man’s heart.”

Yun Sook changed her plan to admonish Yu Jin and showed confidence, taking the lead.

“Please wait a little. There will surely be an opportunity to bring down Yoon Ga Eun.”

Yun Sook stood up before Yu Jin.

“I’ll call you again.”

Then she hurriedly left the coffee shop. Yu Jin watched Yun Sook’s retreating figure and clenched her fists tightly.

Recalling the memory of that night three years ago made her throat go dry. Watching Yun Sook walk away, Yu Jin belatedly realized that she had intentionally approached her twice.

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Even after Do Jun left, Ga Eun couldn’t concentrate on her work. Once again, there was a knock on the team leader’s office door.

“Team leader, may I come in?”

Only after hearing the employee’s voice did Ga Eun snap to attention and sit up straight in her chair.

“Come in.”

As soon as the employee entered the team leader’s office, they began the final briefing for tomorrow’s fashion show.

“All preparations for the fashion show are complete, Team Leader.”

It was a fashion show that the employees had prepared for by working overtime every day for a short period. For the sake of the hardworking employees, Ga Eun had to successfully complete this fashion show.

“Tell everyone they’ve done a good job. Everyone should leave work early today.”

“Yes, Team Leader.”

Ga Eun still couldn’t believe that she could showcase the clothes she had designed herself at the fashion show. Until now, Ga Eun had all her painstakingly designed clothes stolen by Lee Ja Young.

She had wanted to release clothes under her own name, even if just once. Just six months ago, she had concluded that what she was doing now would never be achieved in her lifetime.

Even after all the employees had left, Ga Eun didn’t leave the team leader’s office and reviewed the list of preparations for the fashion show once more. When she belatedly looked at the clock on the wall, more than an hour had passed since the time she had promised to meet Do Jun.

‘He must have given up and left by now.’

Do Jun was not a man who would wait for someone at the expense of his own time. His every minute and second was more expensive than Ga Eun could imagine.

Rather, Ga Eun thought it was for the best. The thought that Do Jun might know about her pregnancy made being with him both uncomfortable and anxious.

When the elevator arrived at the first floor, Ga Eun hurriedly left the headquarters building and held out her hand to catch a taxi.

At that moment, a familiar voice stopped Ga Eun.

“Did you forget about me?”

When she turned her head towards the voice, she saw Do Jun leaning against a black foreign car, waiting for her.

As if unable to believe that Do Jun had waited for her for over an hour, Ga Eun closed her eyes and opened them again, looking at Do Jun standing in front of her.

“Let’s go.”

At Do Jun’s words, Ga Eun reluctantly got into the passenger seat of his car.

Ga Eun’s complexion was poor, like someone being forcibly dragged to a courtroom. Do Jun glanced at Ga Eun’s face through the rearview mirror and spoke.

“We’re just going to have dinner. No need to be so tense.”

Despite having gone to the obstetrician, he didn’t ask anything, which made Ga Eun feel more suffocated. But she couldn’t bring herself to ask Do Jun first either.

The place Do Jun arrived at was the hotel where they had met before the wedding. When Ga Eun didn’t get out even though the car had stopped, Do Jun opened the door himself and led her out. Ga Eun walked two steps behind Do Jun.

Following behind him, she saw the restaurant where they had eaten together for the first time. Despite it being dinner time, there was not a single person in the restaurant.

“I rented it for the day.”

At Do Jun’s words, Ga Eun sat down at a table by the window, following behind him without saying anything. When Do Jun raised his hand, an employee walked towards him as if running.

“Please bring what we prepared.”

“Yes, sir.”

As soon as the employee went inside, Do Jun stared directly at Ga Eun’s face. Ga Eun, without looking at Do Jun’s face, emptied the glass of water in front of her, her throat dry.

“If you have something to say, just say it.”

Ga Eun felt increasingly anxious at Do Jun’s silence. She felt like if she was going to be punished, she’d rather get it over with sooner.

At Ga Eun’s words, Do Jun’s mouth clamped shut even tighter. A long silence that felt like three years stretched between the two.

Just as Ga Eun was about to open her mouth again, course dishes were set out one by one between them. It was too much food for just two people.

The serving employee addressed Do Jun.

“You said there would be three people in total, has your other guest not arrived yet?”

At the employee’s words, Do Jun’s lips moved leisurely.

“They’ve already come with us.”

The employee didn’t understand Do Jun’s words, but didn’t ask any further questions. He finished serving and moved away from the table again. The moment she heard Do Jun’s words, Ga Eun fully realized that he knew about the pregnancy.

“Eat a lot.”

Do Jun cut the steak into bite-sized pieces and placed it in front of Ga Eun. Ga Eun couldn’t pick up her fork, still preoccupied with Do Jun’s words.

As Ga Eun just stared at his face, Do Jun’s lips moved once more.

“It’s my child, so we need to feed it well.”