Leaving Yoon Seol Hee behind, Jin Young Cheol turned his steps and came home.
Park In Young, who went straight to work after talking to Sun Woo in the morning, had not returned home until then.
“The vice chairman said he would be very late. Shall I prepare dinner, sir?”
“No need.”
Jin Young Cheol immediately shut himself in his study. Perhaps because of Yoon Seol Hee, memories of time spent with Baek Sun Joo in the past came to mind.
The two met in the university student council and, feeling attracted to each other’s sincere passion for politics, soon fell in love.
But Jin Young Cheol, son of a former National Assembly speaker, and Baek Sun Joo, daughter of an ordinary farmer, had completely different views on politics.
As time passed, they argued often and conflicts escalated. Eventually, they realized they could no longer be together.
“To change the world, you need power. To defeat monsters, you must become an even greater monster!”
“From what I see, Jin Young Cheol, you’re just becoming another monster!”
Their relationship ended completely that day. Two months later, news came that Baek Sun Joo had collapsed at a union protest site and her parents had taken her back to their hometown. But Jin Young Cheol pretended not to know.
Soon after, Jin Young Cheol went on a blind date with Park In Young and they quickly married. Apart from not having children, it was a fairly satisfying newlywed life.
It was three years later when Baek Sun Joo reappeared in the political world. Unknown at the time, she had given birth to and raised Sun Woo during that period.
Not long after, news of Baek Sun Joo’s marriage spread in political circles. He was a man well-suited to her, praised as an advocate for workers.
Jin Young Cheol congratulated her marriage in his heart. Until he received an unexpected phone call from Baek Sun Joo.
“I think it’s time for you to raise your son, Young Woo.”
“My son?”
“When we broke up, I was pregnant. I didn’t know then either. For now, he’s registered under my older brother’s family. What do you want to do?”
It was shocking news. He had a son he didn’t even know existed!
After agonizing for days, Jin Young Cheol confessed the truth to In Young. In Young said she wanted to meet the child.
When Jin Young Cheol brought the boy home after receiving him from Baek Sun Joo, In Young stared at the child for a long time.
Though he looked bewildered by the unfamiliar house and strangers, he neither cried nor fussed. He just looked around with bright eyes and met In Young’s gaze.
“Let’s raise him. From now on, this child is your son and mine.”
In Young accepted the child more readily than expected. Later, it turned out that In Young had just been informed that she was infertile.
There was one last thing Baek Sun Joo said when handing the child over to Jin Young Cheol.
“Remember this. If you use this child for political purposes, you fail as both a man and a father. I’ll never forgive you till the day I die.”
In short, it was pressure to forever bury the fact that Baek Sun Joo herself had given birth to Jin Young Cheol’s son.
And so Baek Young Woo, who was Baek Sun Joo’s nephew on paper, became Jin Sun Woo, son of Jin Young Cheol and Park In Young.
*****
After spending all day eating delicious food and planning Green’s studio business together, Jenny and Hannah each took a bedroom and prepared for bed when night fell.
Just then, Green’s phone rang. It was a call from Sun Woo who had arrived in Vietnam.
Green quickly took the phone and went to the study. When she turned on the video call, Sun Woo’s handsome face filled the screen.
“Sun Woo, did you arrive safely? Isn’t it too hot there?”
“It’s fine. How was your day, Green? Did you have a good time with your friends?”
“Yes, thanks to you.”
Green smiled lovingly with crescent-moon eyes, then soon realized he was in the bathroom.
He must have just finished showering, as Sun Woo’s hair was wet and he was wearing only a shower robe over his bare body, as was his usual habit.
In the past, Sun Woo in a shower robe seemed too exposed and made her uncomfortable, but now the robe covering his splendid body felt a bit resentful.
“Sun Woo, why are you like that in the bathroom?”
“Yong Gi is outside. It wouldn’t be good if he overheard our conversation.”
Green giggled at Sun Woo’s words. She reached out her finger to the screen and gently stroked Sun Woo’s bare chest peeking through the robe.
“Wow, our husband’s body looks so good no matter when I see it.”
“What good is it being nice? There’s no one to touch it.”
When Sun Woo replied indifferently, Green laughed out loud. Then she put her lips close to the receiver and playfully whispered.
“When you return from your business trip, I’ll touch it. So hurry back.”
Sun Woo’s ears turned red with anticipation at Green’s rather bold words. Then he whispered in a very naughty voice.
“While you’re at it, touch with your lips too. Every nook and cranny.”
“What?”
Taken aback by Sun Woo’s too explicit and embarrassing words, Green was so flustered that she accidentally pressed the end call button.
“Oh no, what should I do? Hello? Sun Woo?”
Flustered, Green pressed various buttons on the phone, but the call had already ended.
She wanted to call Sun Woo again out of embarrassment, but her fingers wouldn’t move easily due to the images that kept coming to mind despite trying not to. The image of her lips ceaselessly roaming over Sun Woo’s firm chest.
At that moment, the phone she was tightly gripping vibrated again.
“Oh my!”
Lost in fantasy, Green was startled by the phone’s vibration. Fortunately, this time it wasn’t a video call.
After composing her voice and calming her heart for a moment, Green pressed the call button.
“Yes, Sun Woo.”
“Well, I was so surprised…”
Sun Woo laughed so loudly at Green’s embarrassed response that it echoed through the bathroom.
Just then, the sound of someone pounding on the door came through the phone. Then Ahn Yong Gi’s voice faintly reached Green’s ears.
After snapping irritably at Yong Gi, Sun Woo soon apologized to Green.
“Okay. Make sure you eat properly too, Sun Woo. Don’t overwork yourself.”
As if enjoying Green’s nagging, Sun Woo answered in a voice full of laughter and hung up.
For a long time, Green stared at the disconnected phone and suddenly felt envious of Yong Gi who was with Sun Woo now.
Sun Woo looked most comfortable when he was with Yong Gi. So she often felt jealous of him.
‘If they knew how I felt, both Sun Woo and Yong Gi would be shocked!’
Green left the study and went to the master bedroom. Hannah was lying spread-eagled on the couple’s bed, snoring lightly in her sleep.
Green went over to Hannah’s side and hugged her tightly.
“Ah, $*%$*&*”
Hannah grumbled in her sleep but didn’t push Green away. And soon fell into a deep sleep.
Holding her friend tightly, it was only much later that Green was able to fall asleep too.
*****
The next morning, the three who woke up early sat around the table discussing their schedule while drinking coffee and eating freshly baked bread spread with jam and butter.
“Jenny, shouldn’t we look around the studio first and buy the necessary equipment?”
“No, let’s watch my movie together first. You guys haven’t seen my movie yet, right?”
Hannah quickly lowered her gaze at Jenny’s sharp look. Green had watched it with Sun Woo, but she hardly remembered the content as she had fallen asleep in the middle.
“Let’s go early when there are fewer people. I’ll make the reservations.”
Jenny searched for a theater near the studio as if doing them a favor. Green jumped up in protest.
“I don’t like that theater. Let’s just go to a cinema close to home.”
When Green objected so seriously, Hannah, who had good intuition, immediately put her hand on Green’s nape.
“Why do you dislike that theater so much? I thought the facilities there were much better?”
“You know. Actually, I went to see a late night movie with Sun Woo on Saturday…”
With just a light touch from Hannah, Green surrendered and spilled everything that had happened that day.
Convinced that Green would never have been able to participate in the independence movement if she had been born during the Japanese colonial period, Hannah carefully offered her opinion.
“You can easily find out about couple’s prime seats with a little search. It’s hard to conclude that your husband came there often with his ex-girlfriend just because of that, isn’t it?”
“The seats may be like that, but the nachos are different.”
This time Jenny refuted Hannah’s words.
“Unless that cinema is famous for nachos, it is suspicious that he bought nachos instead of popcorn.”
Green quickly deflated at Jenny’s rational analysis. Hannah glared at Jenny and patted Green’s shoulder.
“There are many people who prefer nachos to popcorn! Sun Woo must like nachos more!”
“She said Green likes popcorn better, so he quickly went out and bought popcorn, right? From what I see, he bought nachos out of habit because his ex-girlfriend liked nachos.”
Hannah gave Jenny, who was unusually sharp and talkative today, a look. But Jenny relentlessly pushed Green.
“So Green, are you going to avoid all the places that remind you of your husband’s ex-girlfriend?”
“Huh?”
“How can you be sure that the nice restaurants, hotels, cafes, concert halls, etc. your husband takes you to weren’t all places he didn’t go with his ex-girlfriend?”
“…”
“Are you going to be upset and stew alone every time, thinking of his ex-girlfriend?”
Green’s face turned red at Jenny’s sharp questioning. The more she thought about it, the more foolish she felt.
“No, I won’t.”
Green whispered softly, deflated. Hannah hugged her shoulders tightly.
“Oh my, our little one is growing up. It’s okay! These older sisters also learned by digging holes and making mistakes on their own.”
Green smiled brightly at Hannah’s comfort, and Jenny, who had been glaring fiercely the whole time, softened a bit too.
“If you ever meet that woman later, just make sure to show her this one thing.”
“What? Don’t tell me I have to grab her by the hair?”
When Green asked with an anxious expression, Jenny raised one corner of her mouth as if mocking her.
“You? You’d be lucky if your own hair doesn’t get pulled.”
“Why are you like this? I have strong arms! You don’t know how strong your arms need to be to hold those heavy cameras for hours!”
“Forget all that, just show who Jin Sun Woo belongs to.”
“Who belongs to whom? Of course he’s mine.”
“Right, show her that!”
Encouraged by Jenny’s words, Green proudly squared her shoulders. She was no longer afraid of the theater near the studio or nachos.
Jin Sun Woo, his body and heart already belonged to Han Green.
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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.
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