After a long dial tone, he finally received a call from the other side.
Yes, CEO.
Her tone was indifferent.
It was irritating to Taekyung that Woo-yeon, who had said she would give him any expensive painting and do anything if he just asked, was now taking a step back like this.
Why does she keep playing mind games with people?
“Where are you?”
But Taekyung didn’t show his emotions outwardly. Concealing emotions was something he was used to.
A cafe near the broadcasting station.
“Is it the same place as last time?”
Yes.
“I’ll head there now.”
…Yes.
Taekyung put on his jacket and straightened his loosely tied tie, then left his office.
At the desk, the team leader of the management team was seen chatting with the secretary.
Both of them seemed surprised at the sudden appearance of Taekyung. They quickly stopped their conversation and turned towards Taekyung.
“Team leader Seok, I’m sorry. I’ll reschedule the report for this time tomorrow.”
“Oh, yes.”
Although it wasn’t explicitly stated, the secretary also conveyed that she would adjust tomorrow’s schedule.
“Yes, I’ll be back within two hours. Proceed with the afternoon schedule as planned since I’ll handle it without any issues.”
“Yes, CEO.”
Suppressing the reddened eye area from the sudden rise in temperature, Taekyung went to meet Woo-yeon.
She was a troublesome and annoying woman in various ways. He wished she was the type to ask for one thing, then ask for two, and if given two, ask for three.
However, Woo-yeon was the type to return all ten even if given ten, and that was too annoying.
Woo-yeon’s distress deepened along with the prolonged monsoon, more than she had expected.
Especially as an anchor, her sensitivity to the weather had increased. Adequate rain was good for removing fine dust and alleviating drought, but if it rained a lot at once, natural disasters like floods or landslides were likely to occur.
Reporting on the damages citizens suffer every year due to such incidents naturally made her feel gloomy when heavy rain fell.
“Where could he be?”
After four days, she received Taekyung’s call. She had read his message asking her to contact him, and she knew about the calls that came two or three times a day. Yet, she deliberately ignored them.
She couldn’t continue like this; she had to confirm that they couldn’t go on. But why was she hesitating? Did she still want to go further? She didn’t know what was at the end of this encounter.
As the cafe door opened, he walked in. Black suit, tidy hair, tall stature, and broad shoulders.
Poker-faced, clear-eyed but somewhat dangerous-looking man.
There were many ways to describe him.
Even with eyes closed, she could imagine him vividly. Depending on her mood, she could interpret and create an image exactly like him.
As Taekyung, who approached just in front of Yun, sat down in a corner, he slowly began to speak.
“Shall we go out? Or do you want to stay here?”
Her heart fluttered. Yet, Yun looked him straight in the eyes and answered evenly.
“Let’s stay here.”
“Then wait a moment.”
He disappeared to the other side to order coffee. Looking at Taekyung’s broad back, Yun felt a sense of misery creeping in.
‘That’s why I warned you to be careful. Don’t get involved in the son’s revenge plot for no reason.’
It seemed like Chairman Jo, who appeared after a few years, had warned her not to meet Taekyung. Now, she felt like she finally understood why.
Even if he crossed over to Jang Kyung after stabbing his wife’s heart and flew away with wings, the denial was still boiling.
The fact that the person meeting her son can never be Yoon Woo-yeon was emphasized.
“Have you been busy?”
Taekyung, who had ordered strong coffee and brought it, placed it on the table and asked Woo-yeon.
Yes, he had been busy. There had never been a time in his life when he wasn’t.
But that couldn’t be the reason for ignoring his calls for several days.
“I’ve been thinking for a while.”
“About what?”
“Between the CEO and me, and many other things.”
“So what’s the conclusion?”
It would be good to quickly sort it out.
After all, the shares that Cha Yoon-hwa has will come to you, and creating a wife to take to the United States is probably just the last filial piety to his mother, who will soon return.
So staying by your side is probably pointless.
Even though I should say that, nothing came out of my mouth.
I also knew the fact that, as warned by Cha Woo-kang, my back might explode in my son’s revenge drama.
So what?
We were entangled in a relationship of mutual understanding anyway. It would be over if either of us let go.
Even so, I kept wanting to maintain the relationship with Taekyung by constantly making weak excuses.
I felt a gaze waiting for an answer. Woo-yeon looked into the air.
“The conclusion is still pending.”
“So, did you answer my call today?”
“Yes.”
“Very unpredictable.”
“I received a warning.”
At the word “warning,” Taekyung’s eyes turned cold. A warning? What kind of warning is that? In response to his questioning gaze, Woo-yeon sipped her coffee slowly and answered.
“Chairman Jo visited.”
“Who visited?”
“Chairman Cho Se-hoon of Jang Kyung Group.”
“…….”
Woo-yeon intentionally left out the relationship between him and Chairman Jo in this conversation.
But she thought he would have figured it out.
Judging by his expression, it seemed like what Cha Woo-kang said was correct. A man who usually hid his emotions well didn’t seem to be doing so now.
Gradually, she began to understand why the young Taekyung’s album showed almost no trace of his father.
It seemed like the deceased Chairman Cha Jin-soo had somehow blocked all leakage routes to prevent his existence from being revealed to the world.
Everyone has at least one secret they want to hide from the world.
Woo-yeon looked up with lonely eyes and said,
“While sitting in the anchor’s seat, I received threatening calls several times. So, it’s a familiar thing, but this time, I judged it to be more serious.”
“Why?”
“It’s not just anyone; it’s Chairman Jo.”
You don’t know how terrifyingly I think of Chairman Jo, who is between you and me.
So I don’t want to get involved anymore. We should stop here.
But I keep thinking of excuses again.
“……CEO.”
“Saw your face, that’s enough.”
He stood up from his seat not even ten minutes after entering the cafe.
Woo-yeon’s eyes were just dumbfounded.
“Yes?”
“You don’t have to pay attention to Chairman Jo’s words.”
“…….”
“I’ll answer if you call.”
After saying that, he smiled gently and went outside.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
