“You said you would contact me, but this is the third time you’ve flaked.”
Yugeon looked straight into the woman’s eyes with an unwavering gaze and continued, “I was curious why you were playing so hard to get.”
The woman looked back at him, flustered, her eyes glistening moistly.
Ah, the sound she made while placing her wrist on top of her hair, so white and slender.
Her loosely tied hair and slightly parted red lips felt like a deliberate seduction.
I admit it.
For someone I didn’t expect much from, she was quite pretty.
“But now that I’ve met you, I can see why you did.”
Yugeon gave a slight smile to the stiff woman.
A little lip service like this wasn’t hard to give.
Especially considering I might have to pretend to be dating you for the next month.
“I should have contacted you first.”
“You must have been busy.”
After a brief silence, the woman spoke first.
“I apologize.”
“I didn’t come to argue, let’s just get to the point.”
Now that I’ve seen how significant you are, it’s time to verify.
“Are you interested in seeing each other? If not, I don’t want to waste any more time.”
Chaewon recalled James’s voice.
A necessary business relationship.
One that should end as naturally and warmly as it began, if it ever came to that.
“It wasn’t intentional, just personal circumstances. And…”
Chaewon looked straight at Yugeon.
“I would have regretted it if I hadn’t seen you like this. I thought you were a celebrity when you walked in.”
Partly apologetic, and because James said maintaining a good business relationship was important.
A little lip service was in order.
Chaewon deliberately smiled broadly.
“I was worried it might be inappropriate to visit you like this, but thank you for welcoming me.”
“I was surprised, but I appreciate you coming to see me.”
Warm words were exchanged, but their eyes were probing, each hiding their strength.
It’s unclear who holds more sway in business between James and Kim Bokrye, but both were packaging their relationship in smiles, ensuring no harm came to it.
Their goal was the same: show enough interest, then gracefully say goodbye when the time was right.
“Today was just a quick visit to say hello. I know you’re busy, so let’s just set another date.”
“Yes, but…”
Chaewon hesitated at Yugeon’s words.
When will Heeju wake up?
Wanting to get it over with quickly, she smiled and met his gaze.
“No, it’s fine. I’m free tomorrow afternoon. I owe you for the trouble, so let me treat you to dinner.”
Whoever pays, the important thing was to properly meet as blind date partners. So Yugeon straightforwardly agreed.
“Let’s do that.”
Pretty, I admit.
Smart and quick to grasp the situation, I admit.
No matter how busy she was, her consideration was lacking.
“Then, see you tomorrow.”
“I can’t go far, so be careful. See you tomorrow.”
Chaewon watched him leave the consultation room, gave another smile, and then closed the door.
“Phew… What’s with that guy?”
For a brief encounter, there was a heavy tension, like going through a rigorous interview.
Straightening her gown, Chaewon returned to her desk and sat upright, ready for her scheduled patients. As she was about to turn her head to the computer, she noticed his business card.
“EM Entertainment CEO?”
That name sounded familiar.
“Probably it’s one of the agencies of numerous entertainment trainees and celebrities who have visited here.”
With a tall stature, handsome face, model-like physique, business acumen, and his distinctive charming aura.
“He’s achieved success at a young age.”
Ensuring James doesn’t end up in an awkward position, it had to end as naturally and unscathed as possible, but the counterpart wasn’t as easy as she thought.
Chaewon somehow felt a lingering impression as she looked at the chair where he had sat, then dropped her gaze back to his three-lettered name.
“If the other party becomes a vegetative state with no likelihood of improvement for a long period, it can be recognized as a ground for divorce. There are actual precedents, and it falls under the grounds for judicial divorce as per Article 840, Paragraph 6 of the Civil Law.”
Standing in front of the hospital room window, Chaewon held the phone to her ear, looking serious.
“I understand, senior.”
After giving a nonchalant response to a colleague’s follow-up question about the situation, Chaewon ended the call.
Turning around, Chaewon walked towards the quietly lying Heeju.
The doctor had given various opinions about her non-waking state, but shockingly mentioned that a vegetative state was also a suspicion.
“No, right? You’re actually listening to all this, disliking reality, so deliberately not waking up? This isn’t it…”
She had no choice but to cling to the doctor’s words to keep watching a bit longer.
But if, by any chance, a vegetative state is confirmed, she had inquired in advance what legal actions Noh Jae-min, desperate for a divorce, might take.
And the fact that being in a vegetative state could be grounds for divorce was shocking.
“What kind of absurd law is this?”
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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