The older brother’s affairs would remain unknown even if he died. It was an incident that had already been too long, and there was no evidence.
However, Hajae-woo had to be captured at all costs. If he opened his mouth, it would cause a headache. Believing that contact would come soon since a considerable amount of money had been spent to release him, he was confident that as long as he wasn’t hiding in the mountains, he would reveal himself somewhere.
“Damn it…”
A memory from a long time ago surfaced.
The petite and fair female secretary who always stayed by Jinwoo’s side subtly irritated Jinhyuk. Neat appearance, polite speech, kind smiling eyes—she was a woman unforgettable in many ways.
Kim Mijeong, was it?
Jinhyuk, who was slated to inherit everything from his brother after his death, felt a certain attraction to the woman who had been his brother’s secretary. Even if she had some kind of relationship with his brother, it didn’t matter.
After all, he was already married, had a family and children, so he thought that indulging his desires once would soon make him forget.
So, he looked for her. The woman who had resigned and disappeared after his brother’s death, he persistently searched for half a year.
Expecting that she would be working as a secretary in a company of similar size, he was surprised to find out that the woman was working in a distant place, doing restaurant work.
“Mister, I found the woman, and she has a child.”
A thunderbolt-like piece of news.
Jinhyuk was perplexed.
A child? Could it possibly be his brother’s child?
It was a possibility, but there was also a significant chance it wasn’t. Could a child have been born, and they separated? Why? Especially if a child was born, shouldn’t they have gotten married to join a chaebol family?
Rumors were rampant, but nothing had been revealed, so it might not have been anything at all. Jinhyuk, for the time being, observed the woman periodically.
Although his lust was naturally suppressed upon hearing about the child, doubts couldn’t be erased. If the child was truly Jinwoo’s, he might someday become a hindrance, so he couldn’t stop paying attention.
The woman raised the child alone without a man. Seeing her struggling with difficult tasks and living hard, Jinhyuk became increasingly convinced that the child was not his brother’s. There was no way someone born from the bloodline of a chaebol would live so foolishly.
The reports, received monthly, became less frequent, changing from every month to every three months, six months, and finally to a year.
After a long time had passed, Jinhyuk, who was planning to tell her to stop reporting because it was becoming bothersome, suddenly changed his mind. He glanced at a photo of a boy who had just become a high school student and sighed alternately, looking at Jinwoo’s school days and Kim Seonghyun’s pictures from the past.
The young boy had grown into a teenager and, unmistakably, looked exactly like his father.
Jinhyuk recalled his brother’s last appearance.
“Hyung! I accidentally scratched your work car. What should I do? I’ll fix it, so for this business trip, use a personal car.”
“Where, how much did it get scratched? Are you okay?”
“Oh, I’m fine. I’ll fix the car myself. Have a good business trip.”
That was the end. It all ended like that.
Feeling rushed, Jinhyuk, thinking of the long-supported Hajae-woo, called him.
**
Jaeho and Dajeong no longer brought up the matter of the nickname.
Knowing that leaving him at once upon discovering his chaebol status wasn’t an option, Dajeong chose to temporarily bury her feelings. Although her unsettled emotions persisted, she couldn’t continue to make it an issue now that a baby was growing in her belly.
Everything was uncertain, but the joy due to the baby was overwhelming, leading to happy days. However, perhaps due to pregnancy hormones, Dajeong’s mood fluctuated like a roller coaster.
Courage suddenly surfaced, then she quickly became deeply depressed, repeating a cycle of daily life. Even when things seemed to be going well, eventually everything felt like a mess.
Regarding the media uproar about O Chaewon, the man casually commented without much concern.
“It’s all nonsense. A rebuttal article has been published, so don’t pay it any more attention.”
However, in Dajeong’s eyes, there seemed to be countless reasons why Jaeho and O Chaewon should get married.
Even economic experts who frequently appeared on broadcasts interviewed them as if the nation’s hope rested on their marriage. People, including those claiming to be fortune-tellers, praised their compatibility as perfect.
The only reason Jaeho should choose Yoon Dajeong was the child that came about unavoidably.
Thinking logically, sending him away would have been the right thing to do.
But what about our baby?
What should be done about the baby?
If she had been alone, she might have abandoned him and left.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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