Kang Woo returned to his seat. Remaining standing would obviously reveal his anxiety to Min Young, especially since the meeting time was approaching. He couldn’t afford to let the other party realize there might be a problem.
“Chairman Cha, you seem a bit pale.”
He hadn’t meant to show it on his face. Sharp as a businessperson.
Concealing his thoughts, Kang Woo leisurely opened his water bottle, took a sip, and then set it down.
“I guess I’m a bit nervous about the collaboration with G-Comms.”
Min Young eyed him with a hidden glance.
He was probably burning up inside, but he maintained a perfect poker face. If one didn’t know the situation, they would have been completely fooled.
She was curious to see a more desperate expression on his face. Soon enough, he would have to drop his composure and move as she wanted, an expectation that excited her.
Kang Woo sat upright, his black pupils calmly waiting.
“Chairman, a moment.”
Secretary Choi approached and spoke softly.
They had a long-standing relationship. Kang Woo could tell from Secretary Choi’s expression that something had gone wrong.
Min Young didn’t bother to watch Kang Woo leave. Pretending ignorance, she waited silently for what he would say when he returned.
Outside the meeting room, Kang Woo distanced himself from other employees.
“Can’t you get through?”
“No, and…”
Secretary Choi’s expression was more than just perplexed; he looked almost on the verge of tears.
“It’s okay, tell me.”
“The number is coming up as non-existent.”
A dry laugh could have escaped him, but his face turned cold. He rubbed his forehead with a dry hand, then dropped it.
“Let’s wait until the scheduled time.”
“It couldn’t be that he’s gone off the grid, right? I mean, there’s no reason for that. He was here just yesterday, and soon he’ll be signing a new contract with a good salary.”
“Maybe he found a better offer.”
“If you need anything, I’ll look into it.”
“Later.”
Kang Woo turned back towards the meeting room.
An oppressive silence filled the spacious meeting room.
The large screen in front, displaying CI Soft & G-Comms: A Match Made in Heaven, had turned off due to inactivity. Everyone except Kang Woo and Min Young had left.
He had no time to be angry at Lee Chang Suk’s seemingly spiteful behavior. Kang Woo awkwardly lifted the corners of his mouth in an apologetic gesture.
“I’m sorry for taking your valuable time.”
He expected her to either lash out immediately or to leave with an icy demeanor, but surprisingly, Min Young appeared calm.
Despite feeling near panic inside, Kang Woo squared his shoulders. The situation was already beyond control. He had to at least attempt to maintain the upper hand, even though he was in a position to be dominated from the start.
“I regret the situation, Chairman Cha.”
Her tone was neither cold nor easily compliant. He was prepared to endure any reprimand.
“I’m truly sorry.”
“I was quite moved and looking forward to this when you said you would arrange a meeting in honor of G-Comms.”
“…….”
Min Young’s gaze landed on Kang Woo’s silently closed lips. She anticipated that soon he would beg for another chance. This moment was too enjoyable for her, knowing she could finally pull this tough man into her pace.
By granting what Kang Woo needed, she would become a generous and capable woman. Soon, he would realize how much greater she was than Ji Se Ah, who could offer nothing but empty comfort.
Unlike Ji Se Ah, who could only offer words of comfort during tough business times, she was different. She could provide what he truly wanted, or take it away. She was certain that soon, this impressive and capable man would surrender before her.
In fact, during a secret dinner in Jeju with Nam Tae and her father, Nam Tae offered Lee Chang Suk as a sacrifice to her.
Nam Tae’s intentions were clear – to disrupt the business venture Kang Woo desired, just to pull Ji Se Ah away from him.
“If Lee Chang Suk disappears, Kang Woo will focus only on business. Then I can deal with Ji Se Ah. Could Director Lee help with this? It seems you also have a liking for Kang Woo. Ha ha. If I’ve offended you by being too presumptuous, I apologize.”
While her father was away, Nam Tae was more explicit about his intentions. She, too, openly admitted her deep feelings for Kang Woo.
Thus, she agreed to provide what Lee Chang Suk wanted in her stead. Having told him to lay low for a while, he must have fled overseas last night or this morning.
How to handle this man, naively optimistic this morning, unaware of what’s happening?
Almost having Kang Woo in her grasp, Min Young felt her heart race.
“Chairman Cha, do you remember our discussion about conditions that could disrupt our collaboration during the contract negotiations?”
“Yes, I remember.”
“It seems this situation could be included.”
If the collaboration becomes difficult due to one side’s fault, the other has the right to terminate the contract. It was a mutually agreed-upon clause.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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