His gaze seemed not only displeased but also intensely angry.
Hyeju had expected to be surprised by his reaction, but she was somewhat taken aback by such an extreme response.
“No, I didn’t mean that I’m shaken…”
“You just said you’re shaken.”
The previously heated atmosphere had completely disappeared. In the icycold atmosphere, Hyeju hunched her shoulders like a scolded student in front of a teacher.
“What is there to be shaken about? Why, do you want to go to Seungwon now?”
Juwon asked sharply.
For Hyeju, who didn’t know that Juwon already knew about Seungwon’s feelings and had suffered greatly because of it, it was a lightning boltlike reaction.
“That’s not what I meant.”
Hyeju couldn’t understand why Juwon was blaming her as if this whole situation was her fault.
In fact, if you looked closely, she was the biggest victim of this whole mess. Losing the person she had long had a crush on to her best friend, losing both a friend and love because of it.
After she had closed her heart, now he was shaking it up. It was truly maddening.
“But why does it seem like you’re blaming me, Oppa?”
Of course, the phrase “being shaken” wouldn’t feel good, but was it really worth getting so worked up over just that?
She hadn’t done anything wrong, yet it felt like she had become the girlfriend who got caught cheating.
“When I said I’m shaken, it meant that my feelings became complicated! It felt like a stone skipping across a calm lake!”
“Then why?”
Juwon’s voice became even more agitated.
“If you don’t have any remaining emotions, why don’t you just let them flow away? Why do you have to accept them like individual stones?”
In fact, Juwon knew that there was no need to say so much. However, it was difficult for him to control his overflowing emotions.
When Seungwon confessed that he liked Hyeju, Juwon had pretended to be indifferent, but it wasn’t true. He felt disappointed by his younger brother, who only focused on his own feelings, and he felt a dirty sensation as if he had stolen his brother’s girl.
He was anxious. He was afraid that Hyeju might waver.
That’s why even after knowing Seungwon’s feelings, Juwon didn’t say anything to Hyeju. He knew better than anyone the weight that ten years carried. When someone you’ve had a crush on for so long confesses their feelings to you, it’s natural for anyone to be shaken.
That’s what Juwon was afraid of.
“Ha… Did it have to come to this? If I knew it would turn out like this, I should’ve just kept my mouth shut!”
“You might think it’s just a word, but I can’t accept it like that. Shaken? Complicated feelings? Where is the man who would feel pleased after hearing those words?”
“You’re being petty, seriously.”
“You should stay in line if you don’t want a fight.”
“Are you done talking now?”
Like dry firewood catching flame, the argument escalated without hesitation.
Once you grab the tail of an argument, the next thing you know, you’re cutting off the backbone of the conversation, and then it becomes an allout attack toward each other as if it were planned.
At the end of the heated argument, it was Hyeju who stood up and left her seat first.
“If I knew it would be like this, I wouldn’t have come here today. I won’t take this crap!”
With tearfilled eyes, Hyeju left the restaurant.
In a state of intense anger, Juwon loosened his tie forcefully.
“Sigh…”
This wasn’t how he intended things to go.
Eight days after we started dating, we found ourselves in a war, and my energy was drained.
Juwon, looking frustrated, got up from his seat. On the table, there remained untouched pork cutlet.
Two days later, there was an allround meeting held at the company.
It was an important event divided into two sessions, first half and second half, where key personnel from each department gathered for a meeting to impress the executives.
The total number of participants was around forty. It was such a significant event that almost onethird of all employees participated, and a hotel banquet hall was rented for the occasion.
Several members from each team attended, and from Hyeju’s team, Team Leader Wook, Hyeju, and Ruby were on the list. It was natural for Juwon, the representative, to attend, and Seungwon was included from the development team.
In the building parking lot, employees who were attending the meeting were standing in groups of three or five. Since about four people who were skilled in driving would travel together in one car, usually members of the same team would ride together.
“I will check the attendance list. Please check if there’s anyone from each team who hasn’t arrived yet.”
“Oh Hyeju from the Business Team hasn’t arrived yet!”
As soon as Ruby finished speaking, Hyeju rushed over breathlessly.
“I’m sorry. I’m a little late!”
Hyeju, who was fifteen minutes late compared to the appointment time, apologized repeatedly while catching her breath.
“Hyeju, why are you so late?”
“I’m sorry, Team Leader. The traffic was a bit congested.”
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
