In the morning, Minhyuk cautiously opened the slightly closed bedroom door, feeling like he needed to see Dahyun’s face even as she slept. Aware that she had become pregnant and was sleeping more, he stepped inside without worrying if she might be awake and quietly approached her sleeping face, tightly holding the hand resting on her thigh.
Seeing her peacefully sleeping with only her face peeking out from the bed made a smile involuntarily form on his face. Minhyuk gazed at Dahyun’s sleeping figure for a while without realizing the passage of time. When she tossed and turned, he regained his composure and hastily left the bedroom.
In his heart, he wanted to stick close to her like a piece of gum. However, right now, she avoided even looking at his face.
Being resented by her was far more painful than he had anticipated. He felt like he wanted to cut out his own heart with a knife.
Later, when she found out that he had approached her deceitfully, she would probably hate him even more. Even now, she hated him, and he didn’t want to imagine what it would be like if it became worse.
The impact was too great.
Minhyuk couldn’t muster the courage to face her resentful face. Knowing he couldn’t avoid it even if he wanted to, Minhyuk, though selfish, hid the truth.
He didn’t know why being hated was so weakening for a person.
Minhyuk received a report on what Kim Yoonhee had been doing in Indonesia, investigating her actions thoroughly upon hearing the news of her arrival in Korea. As it was not domestic, it took some time to gather information.
Minhyuk, while checking the compiled file, gradually hardened his expression.
He thought she had lived a flamboyant life, but surprisingly, Kim Yoonhee had lived quietly. It seemed like she had settled in Bali to sustain her livelihood.
The problem was that Kim Yoonhee had given birth to a child.
Minhyuk now understood that Kim Yoonhee’s mention of having a child was not an attempt to provoke Dahyun. She might have said it to provoke her, claiming it was her child.
Minhyuk carefully read through the neatly organized file and understood Kim Yoonhee’s current situation.
Only now did he roughly guess why Kim Yoonhee had come to Korea.
“Is it because of this?”
To receive medical treatment for her child?
Most of the money he had given her when sending her away seemed to have been used for the child’s medical expenses. Since it was not covered by insurance and the cost of treatment exceeded 10 billion, Kim Yoonhee urgently needed money.
Even though he didn’t know who the child’s father was, she was raising the child alone.
“Does the child not have a father?”
When Kim Yoonhee returned to Korea and visited Dahyun, Minhyuk had thought she came back for revenge. He thought she returned because she didn’t want to see Dahyun being happy.
“Now I understand why Kim Yoonhee was talking nonsense only now.”
Although he still didn’t accurately grasp the reason why Soocheol called Kim Yoonhee, he could tell why she had come to Korea to make a deal with Soocheol.
Given the context, Kim Yoonhee was in a situation where the child’s medical expenses were urgent, so no matter what proposal Soocheol made, she had no choice but to accept it as long as it involved money.
Even if Kim Yoonhee had accepted Soocheol’s proposal due to the child’s medical expenses, it wasn’t necessarily a wise decision. Anyway, Kim Yoonhee’s intention to separate herself from Dahyun remained unchanged.
However, Soocheol wondered why he specifically called Kim Yoonhee, not using any other method. There could have been other ways to separate him and her, so why did Soocheol choose to call Kim Yoonhee?
Minhyuk brushed his chin with his hand, massaging his neck. Because of Kim Yoonhee’s act, she doubted him and kept her distance. She no longer smiled warmly or drew lines as affectionately as before.
He could somehow understand her creating a nickname for herself. Even if he insisted that there was nothing between him and Kim Yoonhee, who wouldn’t waver when she kneeled down, begging him to let her go because her child was sick?
First and foremost, it was important to restore the relationship with Dahyun. However, it wasn’t about postponing Kim Yoonhee’s matter.
It was more painful for Dahyun to deny him as the child’s father.
“Is this what Chairman Han wanted?”
The outcome of the contract-bound strategic marriage was obvious.
Divorce.
Minhyuk knew well what Soocheol wanted. But Minhyuk had no intention of complying with what Soocheol wanted.
Since he had the illegal surveillance file on Yoo Song in his hands, Soocheol wouldn’t act directly.
It seemed like a suggestion to try the deal again.
Although he didn’t want to face Soocheol again, it seemed like he had to meet him once more.
Soocheol would probably demand the ownership of artificial intelligence development related to HG Group and the surveillance file at the same time. However, Minhyuk planned to lightly pressure Soocheol to prevent him from acting recklessly.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
