“Call Manager Kim. Find out where the Chairman is now.”
“Yes.”
Seung Hee had stopped by the foundation office to check on a few things just in case and returned home to find her husband Dae Hoon absent. As she sat on the sofa issuing instructions to Secretary Choi, Mrs. Gwacheon quickly offered her headache medicine and water.
“Where’s Yu Ri?”
“She seems to still be asleep.”
After swallowing the pills, Seung Hee waved Mrs. Gwacheon away to go about her business and then pressed at her temples, which were throbbing. She was displeased to have been busy without result from the morning, all because of that insignificant Yoon Jae In.
Moreover, she had not expected to encounter Kang Tae Seo of Kang Sun Group there. Judging by his behavior towards her, the young man had been raised too preciously to be afraid of anything. Although he was strikingly handsome, his ignorance of proper respect towards his elders did not sit well with her.
“Tch.”
If she had her way, she would prefer a more genteel son-in-law, but seeing how her daughter pined for him, it seemed her mind could not be changed. She had always gotten whatever her only daughter wanted, whatever that might be, so why should this be any different?
When her husband returned, she intended to alert him to the seriousness of the situation. She couldn’t tell where Kang Tae Seo had heard such rumors to make such threats about her and Secretary Choi, but their relationship had only continued within the foundation office. There couldn’t be any evidence.
She had retreated for the moment under duress, but soon she planned to make Yoon Jae In, that spoiled brat, realize her place before sending her off to America, ensuring she never set foot in Korea again.
And she intended to bring Kang Tae Seo into it too. She would forgive a fling before marriage, but not deception towards Yu Ri.
Kang Tae Seo claimed to know who his real fiancée was, but now both parties to the engagement were deceased. And the rumor had already spread everywhere in the industry.
With such a commotion, how could she be pushed around by such a trifle?
“How dare they.”
No matter what anyone said, the coveted position of in-law to Kang Sun Group’s Chairman Kang Shin Jae was rightfully hers. She knew how she was regarded at gatherings and by the private education council.
It wasn’t because she was the lady of Hyunyang Construction or the chairman of the Hyunyang Foundation that they revered her. It was because she was to be the mother-in-law of Kang Tae Seo, who combined the background of Kang Sun Group with his excellent academic background and capabilities.
To any parent with a daughter, Kang Tae Seo was like a trophy. A trophy for raising a daughter well.
“The best suits the best.”
While mulling over how to get Kang Tae Seo, who was baring his fangs like a puppy unaware of the fear of a tiger, under her control, the doorbell rang.
“Is it the Chairman?”
“No, who is it?”
Mrs. Gwacheon asked through the intercom and then came back with a small Manila envelope.
“A quick service for you, Chairwoman?”
“Quick service?”
What could possibly be delivered by courier on a weekend afternoon to her home? With a puzzled expression, Seung Hee opened the envelope, her eyes widening at the sight of a few photographs, followed by a card with a note.
Clearly, the delivery was a warning for Seung Hee to keep silent about today’s incident, and it felt like the breath was being squeezed out of her. Seung Hee’s slender eyes turned towards Mrs. Gwacheon, who stood in the kitchen.
After confirming that the back of Mrs. Gwacheon was preoccupied with lunch preparations, Seung Hee hurriedly stuffed the contents back into the envelope. Her hand shook as she picked up her cellphone.
“Where are you?”
―I’m trying to call Manager Kim right now, but he’s not answering.
“Never mind, come to the study. Now.”
Seung Hee’s face was ashen as she summoned Secretary Choi.
“Did you deliver it?”
―Yes. I sent the documents you requested by courier immediately.
“What was the response?”
―The secretary’s office contacted me a moment ago. They want to meet with the Director.
“We’re in a relationship where neither of us stands to gain by meeting.”
Tae Seo smiled wryly as he received the report from Manager Jang. Over the past decade, Tae Seo’s radar had caught more than a few skeletons in the closet of Hyunyang Construction.
The photos sent to Ji Seung Hee today were just a part of those. They were evidence of the long-standing affair between Ji Seung Hee, the chairwoman of the Hyunyang Foundation, and her secretary, Choi Ji Hwan.
The information had initially been met with derision, but now that Ji Seung Hee had dared to target Jae In, Tae Seo could not let it slide.
―She must be feeling quite urgent by now.
“That’s what she gets for not living straight.”
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.”
