A Marriage So Lethal (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 78

Silence filled the CEO office of CI Soft, broken only by the scratching of a pen. Kang Woo was writing down the recent incidents on a blank sheet of paper.

Surveillance—Lee Chang Seok’s disappearance—chauffeur—CCTV—assault inside the car.

At first glance, these seemingly unrelated incidents appeared disjointed yet were cunningly orchestrated—blending coincidence and inevitability to cloud judgment.

Until Go Jin Ho appeared, Kang Woo had suspected only one of the competing firms, especially since Lee Chang Seok vanished just in time for the formal meeting with G-Comms. But capturing Go Jin Ho broadened his perspective.

During yesterday’s police interrogation, Go Jin Ho testified that he’d threatened Cha Gang Woo with a knife inside the car solely to extort money—thus, the investigation had focused exclusively on the incident that occurred inside the vehicle.

Neither the police nor his attorney had asked how he’d managed to sneak into the car unnoticed.

Kang Woo, too, had remained silent, observing how the situation unfolded and how far the influence extended. After all, once the case was handed over to the prosecution, lack of concrete evidence would likely trigger a re-investigation.

Who would know such personal details as where the car’s spare key was kept, his commuting hours, or whether he’d hired a chauffeur?

In short, someone deeply involved in this incident resided within his own household. Lee Chang Seok’s disappearance had merely been a diversion tactic to shift his attention elsewhere.

Another oddity was the unclear motive of the mastermind who’d hired Go Jin Ho.

Whether it was business rivalry or personal grudge, the threat felt half-hearted. Go Jin Ho’s criminal record consisted mostly of fraud and gambling—

he wasn’t someone who’d ever used a knife before, and his small stature had made him easy to subdue, suggesting he hadn’t intended to kill Kang Woo at all.

The chauffeur hired over the past week was similarly suspicious. Though he’d caused a crash severe enough to damage the bumper, Kang Woo hadn’t suffered so much as a scratch.

Moreover, it felt forced that the driver—recommended by a VIP agency—would commit such an implausible accident and be dismissed after only one week.

Would someone holding a genuine grudge treat their target so gingerly? Thus, piecing it all together, the mastermind’s objective seemed to be sending a silent warning—deliberately fabricating precarious situations over and over.

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