“So, whatever it is, that man is Choi Yoo Gun’s cousin brother?”
Jenny is about to marry Yoo Gun’s cousin brother.
Jenny and Yoo Gun, who met for the first time today, will soon become family, so the two of them… are on the same side?
Chae Won, who was muttering, gently shook her head.
“No. The fact that I can grab Jenny and ask what’s going on, and that he requested this meeting, means he has business with me.”
As Chae Won was thinking, pushing up her lower lip with the back of her hand, Yoo Gun sat down in front of her.
Startled by his presence, Chae Won looked up with wide eyes.
A neat black jacket over a white shirt, his handsome face without expression was no different from the blind date earlier.
As they quietly faced each other, as if exploring each other’s thoughts, Yoo Gun slowly parted his lips first.
“Kim Chae Won.”
Chae Won’s eyelashes rose sharply in tension.
“That must be your real name.”
Chae Won watched him intently, curling her fingertips.
“Our lady wouldn’t be careless enough to bring a married woman before me, so the married one must be Kim Hee Joo.”
A slight smile played on Yoo Gun’s lips.
“The rest needs some explanation. I wonder… if I can just misunderstand.”
Chae Won, who had been staring at his black eyes, soon lowered her gaze and leaned back in her chair.
“Mr. Choi Yoo Gun, you’re really interested in me, aren’t you?”
Yoo Gun chuckled.
He expected her to explain in detail or show a completely different face from the blind date, but he received an unexpected question.
“Why do you think so?”
“If your cousin brother is more important to you than I am, you would have told him everything about me or asked him, but seeing that you asked to meet like this, it seems that I’m of greater interest to you, Mr. Choi Yoo Gun.”
Clever, trying to maintain the upper hand without bending her attitude even in this situation.
Yoo Gun replied with an interested expression.
“Interest, a lot. In both Kim Chae Won and Hee Joo.”
Under her noble gaze, Chae Won quietly swallowed her dry saliva.
As their intense gazes continued, Yoo Gun smiled gently.
“Don’t be too nervous. We can make a good deal with each other.”
“…A deal?”
“Yes. Somehow, I feel like I can make a good deal with Kim Chae Won.”
Chae Won’s gaze, now less guarded, fell on the water glass on the table.
She drinks the water, trying to figure out his intentions.
Saying he wants to make a deal means he wants to get something in return for covering up the current situation.
“What do you want from me?”
“Dating.”
Chae Won straightened her back in surprise.
“A month of intense dating.”
Yoo Gun, who made the shocking proposal, smiled softly.
*
Jae Min hurriedly opened the car door and got out when he saw the woman running towards him.
“Whoa, be careful!”
Jae Min, who ran with his arms in the air, smiled as the woman threw herself into his arms.
“You shouldn’t run. You have to think about our baby too.”
“Do you know how much I missed you? When I see your car, my feet move first. Huh!”
Ro Na, who had been in Jae Min’s arms, suddenly separated her body and looked around.
Seeing a few unopened stores and an old man walking a dog in the distance, she soon let out a sigh of relief.
“What’s wrong?”
“I was so focused on you that I forgot this is near the school.”
“What’s the big deal? There’s hardly anyone around.”
“We have to be careful. If even one person finds out, it’ll spread in an instant. ‘Miss Go Ro Na from Class 2-3 was caught in a public display of affection with a handsome man in front of the school.'”
Although the focus of her words was elsewhere, Jae Min was pleased that the ‘handsome man’ in her words meant him.
“Oh my.”
He chuckled and pinched Ro Na’s cheek lovingly.
“Mmm? You said no public displays of affection.”
“It’s so tempting. Let’s quickly go somewhere else, I need to kiss you a lot.”
“Okay, hurry.”
Jae Min smiled at her cute expression and guided her to the passenger seat, wrapping his arm around her waist.
“Get in carefully. Don’t startle our baby.”
Ro Na got into the car, receiving Jae Min’s doting touch.
“Oh, darling! I went to the hospital yesterday, look how much our little bean has grown!”
As Ro Na took out the ultrasound picture from her bag, Jae Min leaned in with wide eyes.
“It was just a dot, but at 12 weeks, it’s really a person now? Amazing. Hey bean, it’s daddy.”
Jae Min placed his hand on Ro Na’s belly and spoke in a gentle voice.
Ro Na, who was smiling, stared at Jae Min talking to the baby.
“By the way, darling, how’s the divorce going?”
“Oh, don’t worry. When I go to Kim Hee Joo’s house this weekend, I’ll end it.”
“You’re going to her house this weekend? Didn’t that woman completely move out? Why are you going to her house?”
Jae Min, who was looking at the ultrasound picture, raised his head at Ro Na’s increasingly sensitive voice.
Knowing she would get upset if he honestly said that Hee Joo had postponed the divorce and declared a weekend couple arrangement, Jae Min smiled while hiding the truth.
“Ah, that’s just to talk. To get her seal.”
“You could do that outside, I don’t want to imagine you and that woman in the same house anymore. And although it doesn’t show now, soon my belly will grow, and it’ll be awkward for me at school too.”
“Oh, then… if it somehow gets out, say this: we registered the marriage first. Say your husband is busy so we postponed the wedding! Premarital pregnancy isn’t such a big deal these days.”
Ro Na’s brow furrowed tightly.
“I’ve told you several times, I’m a school teacher, I have a social position. And you said you’d end it this weekend. How long are you planning to postpone it for you to tell me to say such things?”
Jae Min moistened his lower lip with his tongue at Ro Na’s increasingly sharp voice.
“Darling, don’t get excited first. Our little bean will be surprised. Think of the bean.”
“If you don’t want to divorce, just say so. I’ll just take the bean and kill myself.”
“Hey, Go Ro Na. What are you saying? You know how tired I am of Kim Hee Joo. And how can you say such scary things when the baby is listening!”
“I’m just upset. My belly will grow soon, and you’re not even thinking about getting divorced quickly.”
“Who says I’m not! I’ll definitely get her seal this weekend, so don’t worry. Okay?”
“…Really?”
“Of course!”
Jae Min wiped away Ro Na’s tears that had started to form, then even made a finger promise.
It seems impossible to wait until the weekend.
He had planned to divorce naturally, using personality differences as an excuse, but it looks like he’ll have to be more aggressive.
Looking at the ultrasound picture, Jae Min tensed his eyes with determination.
*
Yoo Gun took a sip of tea and spread his shoulders wide against the backrest as he spoke.
“The condition my grandmother set for me during the property transfer is a blind date. To be precise, a month of dating, in other words, to show sincerity by maintaining at least minimal meetings.”
“So, if I date you for a month, you’ll get the real estate you want?”
He nodded lightly as he looked at her without expression.
In the end, it meant he would cover up everything she saw today if she pretended to date him for just a month.
If she revealed to his grandmother that it was fake, he wouldn’t be able to receive the property either, so as Yoo Gun fairly exposed his weakness like this, Chae Won’s wariness also eased a bit.
“Hmm…”
Chae Won crossed her legs and picked up her teacup as if she was thinking about it.
“If this hadn’t happened, I might have been deceived and suffered after a month of dating without knowing, Mr. Choi Yoo Gun.”
Chae Won acted as if she was the victim.
“Would I be the only one who almost ended up in an adultery lawsuit after meeting a married woman?”
Chae Won, who had been holding her breath for a moment, raised her head with an expression full of things to say.
“I told you, I’m not married.”
“So explain now.”
There’s nothing to change by hiding part of it when everything has been exposed.
Rather, it’s better to accept this man’s proposal and agree to keep our mouths shut for a certain period.
Maybe Hee Joo’s consciousness will return before things get bigger…
“Kim Hee Joo is… my twin sister who has been bedridden due to an accident a few days ago.”
“That’s unexpected, I hadn’t heard about a twin.”
“You wouldn’t have. We’re family who separated when we were very young, and we only coincidentally met two months ago.”
Chae Won lowered her gaze halfway as she continued.
“My sister hasn’t chosen divorce yet, and the man is desperate for a divorce. When I found out about this, I’m just temporarily playing my sister’s role. I learned that if a spouse becomes a vegetative state, divorce is possible for that reason.”
Yoo Gun nodded at the roughly matching situation and quietly stared into her eyes.
“Honestly, I’m in favor of the divorce, but I don’t know if the settlement between them is proper. Whether everything is properly sorted out, whether there are any other unfair reasons for the divorce, so I couldn’t let things flow according to the wishes of that man who is desperate for divorce. I want to let my sister choose when she wakes up.”
Raindrops began to form on the coffee shop window.
Tap tap tap. Chae Won’s serious voice flowed amidst the growing sound of rain.
“So forget about Kim Hee Joo from now on. This is strictly our family matter.”
“Let’s do that, as long as our deal goes well.”
Tension returned to Chae Won’s face at Yoo Gun’s final words.
Maybe because he had found out everything, that handsome face felt threatening whether he smiled or remained expressionless.
“The fake dating is for a month, right? Just taking one proof picture each time we meet is enough.”
He nodded lightly.
It’s rather fortunate.
If he had really fallen for her and asked to date for real, it would have been troublesome, but now they could say goodbye with a smile after a month of clean transaction.
“Okay. Let’s do that.”
“You make decisions quickly.”
“It’s a deal with nothing to lose. And I’m always quick and accurate in my judgments. I trust myself a lot.”
“I’m sure you do, Miss Kim Chae Won is someone who can’t live without faith.”
Chae Won quickly erased her embarrassed expression at the words referring to Yallisin.
“The deal is done, and it’s raining. Shall we get up now?”
Chae Won picked up her bag.
“And Mr. Choi Yoo Gun. I don’t usually date, you’re really lucky.”
Whether she’s trying to continue her princess disease symptoms or trying to stay on top until the end.
Kim Chae Won speaking coyly as she goes ahead.
Looking at her back, Yoo Gun let out a laugh as if he was dumbfounded.
She lowers her gaze, rummaging through her bag as if to pay, not realizing her path might overlap with an employee carrying food.
“Oops.”
Yoo Gun grabbed Chae Won’s arm to one side while handing his card to the cashier.
“Let’s go affectionately, it’s our first day from today.”
Chae Won, who ended up standing close to him, looked up at him, composing her surprised expression.
Perhaps because they had made a satisfactory deal, his threatening gaze felt quite different from before.
Still, thinking that she should never be swayed, Chae Won linked her arm with his.
“Then let’s go like this, affectionately.”
In front of his obvious gaze, Chae Won showed an affectionate smile as if it were a bonus.
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Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.