The topic of Tae Sang’s marriage was never one that could be accompanied by a smile.
Secretary Kim unknowingly tensed up as she looked at Chairman Cha. He was still wearing a smile like that of a kindly old neighbor.
His face was so gentle, but for some reason, it was more terrifying.
“Is there anything difficult in your work lately?”
“Nothing.”
“Good. Since the wedding preparation has completely flown out of the schedule, it should be easier to work.”
“……”
Secretary Kim closed her mouth tightly, unable to affirm.
From the dowry to setting up the newlyweds’ house and setting the date for the wedding. In fact, all of Tae Sang’s weddingrelated schedules had been handled by Secretary Kim.
I was even worried that I might be the one taking the groom’s place. Compared to those times, it was like heaven now.
Secretary Kim managed to put on a distressed expression, hiding her rebellious inner thoughts.
“I’m worried that the chairman has more worries.”
Chairman Cha nodded and then threw a seemingly casual question.
“What happened in the meeting today? You should have some free time, but you were late.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Why were you late?”
“The vice chairman overslept……”
“That guy?”
“Yes. It seems he’s accumulated fatigue due to the increase in workload related to the merger.”
Secretary Kim lied effortlessly.
The sight of the couple staying up all night together had nothing to do with work.
But revealing Tae Sang’s private life was a line she couldn’t cross. It was her conviction as a secretary, and it was also her affection for Tae Sang.
All I have to do is keep my mouth shut. Secretary Kim lowered her gaze politely with a calm face.
“Hmm, is that so? That’s strange.”
“What’s…… strange?”
“Tae Sang said it was for personal reasons.”
“Yes? The vice chairman said that?”
Chairman Cha nodded, looking at her with a penetrating gaze.
Secretary Kim was startled and her mouth twitched.
He should have given a warning if he was going to make such a bombshell statement. He doesn’t know the hardship of being in the middle.
“Is there someone he’s seeing?”
Chairman Cha asked in a more hushed voice.
“I, I don’t know.”
“You don’t know……?”
Chairman Cha, who had been maintaining a gentle face, suddenly hardened his face coldly. The warm figure like the nextdoor grandpa was nowhere to be seen.
Facing his real side, Secretary Kim steeled herself.
“Chairman, while it’s true that I spend the whole day with the vice president, I don’t know how he spends his personal time. Even if I did know, I couldn’t tell you without the vice president’s consent. I’m sorry.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes.”
The icy gaze of Chairman Cha swept over her skin.
Swallowing her dry saliva, she met his gaze when he suddenly let out a pleasant laugh.
“Hehe. That’s right… if a secretary blabs about their boss’s business, that’s nothing short of disqualification.”
“Thank, thank you for understanding.”
“Yes, then you may leave now.”
“Eh?”
Secretary Kim’s cracked voice suddenly burst out.
Chairman Cha was not one to easily give up what he wanted. She could not adapt to his unfamiliar behavior, which she saw more frequently today.
“You should leave now.”
“Yes……”
Secretary Kim rose slowly from her seat with a stunned expression. However, her feet did not move easily as she did not feel relieved.
She awkwardly took a step back and slowly bowed her waist.
“Oh, but speaking of which.”
“Yes, Chairman.”
Secretary Kim, who had already been on edge, quickly stood at attention.
“Your second child turned one recently, didn’t he?”
“It was last month.”
“Yes. Congratulations. But it’s a shame… when the child is at his cutest, you’ll have to go overseas.”
“Eh? What do you mean by that……?”
“I’ve always wanted to send Tae Sang to our American branch. But there must be someone trustworthy to go with him.”
“……”
Was the air in the office suddenly warmer? Or was her tie suddenly choking her? She couldn’t tell which was the answer.
“Secretary Kim has shown such a reliable image that I can trust her. Please keep doing as you are doing.”
“Chair, Chairman, that’s……”
“You’re not saying you don’t like it, are you?”
Chairman Cha sharply raised his eyebrow. His tightly shut lips revealed a firm determination not to hear any further argument.
Secretary Kim swallowed her dry saliva and continued speaking calmly.
“Of course not. It’s not that… I just thought that the vice president still has a lot to do in Air Korea, including the merger issue with Han Sung Airlines.”
“Just leave that trivial work to others. Tae Sang needs to gain experience in a larger market before it’s too late. He’s already married, there’s no reason to keep him in Korea.”
“……”
She felt her soul go cold.
Either spill out Tae Sang’s secret, or go to America without any fuss. There were two paths before her, but she didn’t want to take either.
As her complexion turned pale, Chairman Cha made his final move.
“Secure a position, gain experience… about five years should do it. Knowing this, Secretary Kim may now leave.”
“Chair, Chairman…!”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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