Without even catching her breath, sitting on the sofa, Sunhwa said to Kookhwan,
“Director. Hyunwoo had a real woman. I saw her today.”
“Oh? I thought it was just something he said.”
Upon hearing Sunhwa’s words, Kookhwan’s eyes widened in pretend surprise.
“In my eyes, she wasn’t a woman suited for Mr. Hyun Woo. I think the director would feel the same.”
After hearing the diagnosis, Guk Hwan could hardly even guess who it was. He merely speculated that perhaps Ji Woo, the celebrity, had introduced a colleague.
But Hyun Woo wasn’t one to be introduced to anyone…..
‘Dad! Brother says he hates blind dates, why do you force him into such a situation. I hate it too. Seeing Brother’s blind dates getting married.’
Suddenly, the words Ji Woo had said over the phone came to mind.
“I’m wondering if it wasn’t my daughter.”
“Daughter? It definitely didn’t feel like she was Mr. Hyun Woo’s younger sister, did it?”
Does he really have a woman?
Guk Hwan had no way of knowing about the private life of his son, with whom he rarely had conversations or exchanges.
“I’m sorry it turned out this way. All I could do was arrange the meeting, wasn’t it?”
There was nothing more he could force. It was clear that the more he interfered unnecessarily, the deeper the rift between father and son would become.
Having had an awkward relationship with his son for a long time, Guk Hwan didn’t want to be at odds with him any longer.
Of course, he also didn’t have confidence in breaking Hyun Woo’s stubbornness.
Sun Hwa said with a frosty expression.
“I understand that the hospital’s debt has increased significantly. Especially last year, the debt ratio increased by more than 130%.”
“……That’s.”
“You’ve spent a tremendous amount of money on new investments, trying to break the stronghold.”
“It was necessary to enhance the competitiveness of the hospital.”
Following the emergency medical center, it was a fact that the hospital’s finances had been extremely difficult for several years due to the ambition to also build a brain research center last year.
“Director. But didn’t you borrow that money from Baek Hwa Finance?”
Baek Hwa Finance was a financial company within the group owned by Sun Hwa’s biological father.
Guk Hwan, who had been in dire need of funds due to an investment company requesting partial recovery earlier this year, had not given up and had personally scouted for investment.
Everyone refused due to the weakening profitability of the Brain Research Center. However, there was only one place that had lent investment money.
“I asked for approval and it was processed, you didn’t know……”
Guk Hwan’s face hardened noticeably.
“Are you okay with us demanding recovery right away?”
“See here.”
“Director, it’s me. I don’t want anything else. The inheritance I’m to receive, I plan to give it all to Mr. Hyun Woo.”
Because if it wasn’t him, she would have been living a life equivalent to being dead anyway.
No, she might have already ceased to exist in the world.
“My child will try, but I can’t guarantee it. That guy doesn’t listen to me.”
“You still have to be on my side until the end. That’s enough for me.”
Don’t abandon me. I don’t want to be abandoned by anyone anymore.
Sun Hwa clung desperately to Kook Hwan’s hand with both of hers.
“Please, become my father. Even if it takes some time.”
Upon being addressed not as the hospital director, but as a father, Kook Hwan managed a awkward laugh.
Soon, Kook Hwan’s gaze abruptly landed on Sun Hwa’s wrist. Her usually wellconcealed wrist was exposed today through the wide sleeve hole.
The scars visible on the inside of her wrist under her long blouse. These were marks of selfharm, something one would not see on a mentally healthy individual.
He had responded affirmatively, but Kook Hwan hoped it wouldn’t come to that.
Seeing this brought back memories of his dead wife.
Originally a slightly depressed woman, her symptoms worsened after a tumor formed in her brain.
She even fell into a nonsensical religion, distrusted medicine, and went so far as to reject surgery and treatment.
In his attempt to save such a wife, Kook Hwan, who couldn’t ignore the many patients waiting and hoping for his surgery.
Only after his wife died and he lost his son did he realize he’d lost everything.
He couldn’t make his son go through what he had.
“There will be plenty more opportunities as my son is at Je Gook Hospital anyway.”
Kook Hwan spat out words he didn’t believe.
He trusted his son Hyun Woo. At times like these, his stubborn son was reassuring.
And for some reason he didn’t exactly know, he felt relieved that Baek Sun Hwa did not step forward as chairman.
“Yes, but I’m not yet confident enough to face that.”
Sun Hwa, hiding her true feelings, curled the corners of her lips into a faint smile.
Her faint smile was bitter and anxious.
Meanwhile, in Hyun Woo’s car.
The awkward silence between the two people heated the air in the car.
Sori toyed with the ring hanging on her neck, wondering what to say. But no thoughts came to her mind as if someone had spilled ink in it.
As if Sori’s response was not necessary, he turned back straight to the driver’s seat and started the car.
“Fasten your seatbelt.”
“Oh… yes.”
Come to think of it, wasn’t it the first time she’d ridden in a car he was driving?
Everything was so new and awkward, but also very exciting because it was all for the first time.
His car, carrying Sori’s excitement, smoothly left the hotel parking lot.
Inside the car making its way leisurely through the city.
Sori stole glances at him driving.
Why was even his driving so cool?
Even his expressionless face seemed quite affectionate from the side.
It seemed like she was totally smitten.
Suppressing her racing heart, Sori thought about the marriage conditions she had not been able to discuss.
She wanted to convey the words spinning in her head to him, but worries about his reaction took precedence.
She didn’t know when she would get another chance, so she felt she should at least say it today…
“What is it, then?”
“Pardon?”
Whether she had something to say and was at a loss for words.
Hyun Woo, putting a bit of force into his brow, calmly said.
“If you have something to say, say it.”
“Yes,” Sori replied, deciding not to bother organizing her thoughts which weren’t neatly arranged anyway.
“Well, about the marriage.”
Instead of a reply, he gave her a fleeting glance.
“Do we really need to get a divorce?”
This time, his gaze lingered a little longer on Sori’s face.
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After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
