When Director Kim, who hadn’t been seen since the middle of the shareholders’ meeting, appeared, Daehoon’s anxious heart was relieved. Despite the relief, he felt irritated about leaving his seat for so long.
Certainly, it might have been due to handling urgent matters, but it was annoying that the person who always stuck by his side to assist him in such situations was absent. There were other secretaries, but none could replace the dog that had been by his side for over 30 years.
“Why aren’t you answering?”
Since there were eyes to see, he probably wouldn’t have come close to the documents or files he had hidden. Daehoon’s reprimanding voice was loud because it was the first time he had left his seat for so long without saying a word.
“Director Kim, especially at times like this, you should stay alert…”
“That’s enough.”
“…What?”
Daehoon raised one eyebrow at Director Kim, who dared to interrupt him and say something absurd. His eyebrows narrowed as the unpleasant feeling spread.
“What do you mean!”
Amidst the spreading discomfort, Daehoon’s eyebrows narrowed further. The dog, who used to look politely at Daehoon’s shoulder and bow his head, was now staring straight back at him, lifting his head stiffly.
“You are to become the head of Hyunyang Construction. Be the person who helps him unfold his intentions while he’s in the chairman’s seat.”
“…”
“Mr. Jitaekwang told me so.”
Walking up and neatly placing a resignation letter on the desk, Director Kim. Daehoon, with tightly closed lips, glared at Director Kim, who stood in front of the door with sharp eyes.
“Since you stepped down from the chairman’s seat.”
A faint smile appeared on Director Kim’s lips, who had said that much. Daehoon’s jaw, which had been tightly closed, loosened at the revelation that Director Kim, whom he had always considered a loyal dog, had betrayed him.
“No, since you were brought down… My job is done.”
At the moment Daehoon realized the betrayal of Director Kim, whom he had considered a loyal dog, he faced another truth. The man standing in front of him had never been his dog.
“I think I’ve repaid my debt to Chairman Jitaekwang, who saved me when I was an orphan.”
It turned out that he had shown loyalty not to Daehoon but to the deceased Chairman Jitaekwang.
“Director Kim, you son of a…”
“Kim Hyeongju.”
Having called him Director Kim for so long, Daehoon had forgotten his name. He muttered lowly as he looked at Hyeongju, who had always been prostrated in front of him but now stood up and expanded his presence.
“Did you smell it? The position of Jiseunghee’s husband, Jo Yoori’s father. So, did you participate in pulling me down for that?”
“In my younger days…”
Hyeongju’s smiling head tilted slightly.
“I did covet what you had. Your wife, your daughter. I didn’t know about anything else, but those two should have been mine.”
Daehoon looked unfamiliarly at the man standing before him.
“Knowing that I couldn’t have them, yet suffering because I couldn’t have them. Time taught me how to resign even when they were by my side.”
“…So.”
Daehoon slowly stood up. As he sneered at the neatly placed resignation letter on the desk, he tilted his head slightly.
“Now, are you trying to reclaim it? Deceiving me like this?”
Shouldn’t we applaud such devotion? Daehoon was about to mock with such thoughts.
“You never had it, so there’s nothing to reclaim, right? Seunghee is still Daehoon’s wife, and Yuri will continue to be Daehoon’s daughter. Unless you discard them as useless.”
“…”
“I don’t intend to make it mine even if you discard it. Thirty years is a generous time to accept the relationship between them and me.”
He thought he couldn’t forget his first love and believed he would live alone for a lifetime. He thought he suppressed his greed for not daring to covet what belonged to the owner. But that wasn’t the case. Daehoon clenched his teeth, trying to control his rough breathing.
“Since I worked like a dog with my hands and feet for so long, I thought I apologized enough for coveting what’s yours.”
“So, did you hand over what was in the safe to the prosecution?”
Daehoon smirked at Hyeongju. However, each word he spat out seemed to be laced with poison, accompanied by a sharp gaze.
“No, it wasn’t me who handed it over to the prosecution. I handed it over to someone who could use it well according to their needs.”
“Ha… Kang Taeseo, right? What did you get in return?”
“I take pleasure in watching the downfall of those who treated me like a dog, rather than being human.”
Daehoon’s eyes widened at Hyeongju’s slowly uttered words.
The people treated like dogs referred to Seunghee and Daehoon, who were being blamed together. It meant that he would watch those who used him without treating him as a human fall into ruin.
For the past 30 years, Daehoon made Hyeongju do all sorts of dirty work. Why bother getting his hands dirty when he had hands and feet to order around?
Sometimes, he deliberately pushed him into a pit, letting him wriggle in the mud.
Male lead says he’s pregnant — and it’s female lead’s child
Something seems a bit off about this world.
Wang Zhao thought as she watched a pregnant man walking towards her…
Intro
Female lead finds herself in a world where the men who possess the ability to bear children.
As she navigates this unfamiliar reality, she is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of her boyfriend, who reveals that he is pregnant.
Is this truly her boyfriend?
Why can’t she recall any details about their time together?
She begins to doubt whether the child her boyfriend is carrying is even hers.
Is there a hidden reason behind her amnesia, or could it be a side effect of her sudden arrival in this strange new world?
Just when it seems the protagonist’s life couldn’t become any more entangled, her ex-boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance, raising questions about the protagonist’s past.
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