“Up to now, we have collected 34.8 percent. The stake with an unknown whereabouts, including those we can’t contact, is 5.8 percent.”
“There are still quite a few people who haven’t made a decision. I don’t understand what they’re thinking, hesitating even after seeing that situation. Still, fortunately, many people have sent positive signs on our side.”
“Even though there are many shareholders showing signs of returning to our side, the problem is that the Jo family holds a considerable stake. Ted, how much is it altogether that has been confirmed until yesterday?”
On the morning when Jo Dae-hoon attended the prosecution under the noisy spotlight, Tae-seo, along with Director Jang, Amber, and Ted, was in a meeting at a residence near Jungnyundong. However, the smoothly progressing meeting kept getting interrupted.
{…….}
“Ted.”
Even when Tae-seo called, Ted didn’t respond. When Director Jang raised his head and gestured with his eyes, Amber, who was next to Ted, nudged him with her elbow.
“Uh, what? Yes?”
“……Wake up?”
“……Sorry. I didn’t hear.”
“Jo Dae-hoon asked how much stake Hyunyang Construction has. Did you check until yesterday?”
“Ah, 42 percent.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. Exactly 42.3 percent. Jo Dae-hoon has 32.3 percent, Ji Seung-hee has 7 percent, and Jo Yuri has 2 percent.”
“……What about the remaining 1 percent?”
“Huh? That can’t be… Oh, Jo Yuri has 3 percent, not 2 percent.”
Ted, who rarely made mistakes when it came to numbers, seemed to be making mistakes frequently today. Tae-seo narrowed his eyes and pointed to the front door with his hand.
“Why are you like this today? Go out and breathe some fresh air or something.”
During the entire meeting, Ted couldn’t concentrate and kept getting lost in thought. Tae-seo finally said something to Ted, who couldn’t concentrate at all.
“Could it be that you couldn’t sleep?”
To the cautious words of Director Jang, Amber responded firmly by shaking her head.
“Nope. Ted went to bed early yesterday. He phoned me to come out for a drink, but he said he woke up while sleeping.”
“He’s probably making excuses for sleeping. Look at his face. It’s sparkling. It looks like a face that slept well.”
“…I didn’t sleep well.”
Ted, who slicked his unusually smooth-looking face with his hands, bowed deeply.
“Ted, is that really true? Did you intentionally not come out because you didn’t want to play with us?”
“Even if I were you, I wouldn’t go out. Did you hear? He’s been drinking with Sanghwa every day lately. Ted, too.”
“Then what should I do! Since you keep hugging Jae-in and not letting him out! Give Jae-in the freedom!”
Listening to the conversation between Amber and Tae-seo, Jae-in silently pressed his lips. Having breakfast and walking together with Tae-seo, Jae-in, who was waiting for Sanghwa’s message, was in the midst of it.
Half of Amber’s words were right, and half were wrong. Jae-in, who couldn’t push Tae-seo away, who clung to him every night, didn’t answer Sanghwa’s calls that kept coming in. But even if he answered the call, would he have gone out? He probably would have refused.
In other words, it’s true that Tae-seo didn’t let Jae-in go, but it was also because it was better for Jae-in to stay by Tae-seo’s side. Last night, Sanghwa, who teased Jae-in, saying that becoming broad-minded in the face of love is friendship, was not wrong.
“Still, Jae-in. I’m really, really happy right now. I’m happy seeing you happy. So! Since I’m your sister, I should lift up the Kang Tae-seo who makes you happy.”
“Sanghwa, your tongue is twisted a lot. Are you okay?”
“Oh, my, in front of the house?”
“Sanghwa, keep talking to me until you enter the house. Don’t hang up, okay?”
Ignoring Jae-in’s earnest request, Sanghwa either met someone during the call or suddenly hung up.
“Huh? Who is this! You! This cute one! So cute!”
After the joyful exclamation as a final word, Sanghwa didn’t contact him again. Despite calling several times with a worried heart, there was no answer. The morning message remained unread.
{Amber, did you come to Korea to drink? Drink moderately. Stop bothering Ted. Jae-in is worried that he can’t contact Sanghwa.}
{I and our baby brought Sanghwa right in front of her house! Jae-in, you have nothing to worry about!}
Jae-in, who had been nodding his head to Amber’s words, discovered Ted, who had been bowing his head with his mouth tightly closed.
“Ted, feeling hot?”
“Yes, yes? No?”
To Jae-in’s question, Ted quickly raised his head.
“Your ears are red…, oh, is your face red too?”
“Oh, me?”
“Ted, aren’t you having a fever? Is something wrong with your body?”
“Is the person who usually doesn’t exercise in the morning or dawn exercise?”
Ted said he doesn’t usually do morning exercises because he sleeps a lot. However, this morning, as usual, while going around the neighborhood with Tae-seo, Jae-in met Ted at the neighborhood entrance.
“Where have you been?”
“Ah, exercise. I was in the middle of exercising. Now I’m going home.”
“Like that…?”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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