However, the more Heeuk thought about it, the more bitter he became. Even if he threatened that guy with some clue, it seemed like hitting a rock with an egg. The guy held his weakness. He knew about his father’s escapade and the fact that he manipulated multiple documents. If he investigated further, more things would be exposed. Perhaps, if Malhee sued recklessly, she might face a counterattack.
Kim Taejun. The guy he had a hostile relationship with since their first meeting.
Heeuk recalled the day he first met Kim Taejun and sharpened his resolve. Then suddenly, a flash of insight came to his mind.
Approaching the living room window, Heeuk asked Kyuchil.
“Father, the reporters were all gathered here yesterday, right?”
“Yes, that’s right. But suddenly they disappeared.”
“How many were there?”
“Definitely more than twenty.”
“Reporters were definitely here, and suddenly they disappeared, right?”
“Yeah. Your mom’s information was all over the internet, and it seemed like chaos was about to break loose, but it all disappeared.”
Can more than twenty journalists suddenly disappear?
I thought all of this could be Kim Taejun’s scheme.
Yeah. Perhaps Kim Taejun approached him from the beginning to get Han Soeun in his hands. From the day he came to the Yulgyu law firm, claiming he would do global headhunting. Maybe he even checked in advance how weird Choi Hyeonji was and connected himself and Choi Hyeonji.
Thinking about Kim Taejun’s carnivorous animal-like gaze, it gave me the creeps. With Kim Taejun, he was convinced that even if he did that, the guy would still come out on top.
The next day.
Soeun kept an eye on Eunpyo all day at work. The timing of the conversation had to be right. Since the confession was received but the conversation was ambiguously halted, it seemed that they needed to clearly express their refusal to avoid further misunderstandings.
The opportunity did not come easily, but it finally arose when they started the TF team’s work.
While Bokbae was in the restroom, Soeun broke the awkward silence and spoke to Eunpyo.
“Um, Team Leader Jang.”
“Yes.”
“Are you uncomfortable because of me, by any chance?”
“…No, not at all.”
At Soeun’s mention, Eunpyo lowered his hand.
“Oh, I must have made Team Leader Jang uncomfortable.”
Instead, as if saying sorry, Eunpyo scratched his head cautiously and spoke with a careful voice. Checking Eunpyo’s reaction, Soeun was finally relieved. Jang Eunpyo was indeed a good person.
Soeun still did not know that Eunpyo knew everything.
“Do you have a boyfriend?”
“…Yes. But I’m trying to keep it quiet. I won’t put pictures on the desk anymore.”
“…”
“I’m sorry.”
“No, I’m the one who should apologize.”
In the face of Soeun’s polite refusal to accept his confession, Eunpyo also quickly apologized.
It was settled like this. The happening of a shy confession from Team Leader Jang Eunpyo.
It was not a big disappointment or frustration since it had never happened before. However, it was worrisome that she, who had experienced difficult love in the past, was being swept away by another strong-willed man.
Was she going to keep losing the opportunity to have an ordinary love?
Even so, there was no need for her to step forward. She probably didn’t want it either. It was best for her to encourage him from the position of observing, hoping that she could live a little more comfortably.
“Team Leader Jang.”
“Yes.”
“Yesterday, Team Leader Jang must have had a really hard time.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“So forget everything from yesterday, forget about my work, and start anew with a fresh heart. I don’t even remember it.”
“Yes. Thank you. Let’s work hard again.”
With a good heart, Soeun tried to express her feelings, but seeing her tense lips loosen up, Taejun felt once again the sincerity in her straightforwardness. Wasn’t it too early to give up on her heart like this?
Eunpyo just thought that maybe he wasn’t meant to stop his one-sided love. It was just going back to where it had been for a long time, waiting silently for the picture of the lawyer guy to disappear from Han Soeun’s desk.
When BoBae came out of the TF team office and headed to the restroom, Taejun moved towards the TF team office. He was worried that Soeun and Eunpyo might spend an awkward time together.
But his worry was unnecessary. Seizing this opportunity, Soeun was neatly sorting out her relationship with Eunpyo. Hearing the conversation between the two outside the TF team’s door, Taejun immediately returned to his office.
There was a time when distinguishing sensations was difficult. When young, he didn’t know if his stomach hurt, if he was hungry, or if it was something else. What this unpleasant feeling was.
Experiencing everything, from stomachaches to hunger and discomfort, he accumulated experience and learned to distinguish his condition.
He still felt the childish ambiguity. He couldn’t figure out what this uncertain and uneasy emotion should be called.
The conversation with his aunt was a bomb.
Smartly, there was a knock. TF team work was over, and it was time for Soeun to go home.
“Director, I’m going to leave now.”
Soeun reported with a bright face as she opened the door. Taejun nodded lightly and pointed to the sofa.
“Would you like to sit for a moment?”
Soeun, who didn’t understand English, came inside and sat on the sofa.
Taejun pretended to continue working while staring at her.
Han Soeun is right in front of me now. She is by my side with such a lovely appearance. Thoughts of her not contacting him for three days kept coming up. Even though he tried not to think about it, the shadow of vague anxiety slowly grew.
I might be abandoned again. Like a deserted garden or a foolish bench left alone, quietly suffering alone without knowing if it’s a stomachache, hunger, or discomfort. Thinking about such a future made the area under his eyes feel warm.
Suddenly, a devilish desire squirmed.
‘If a child is born.’
If I could forcibly have a future with you.
The innocent gaze of this girl who knows nothing roamed freely through the air. Then, when her eyes met his gaze, for that reason, she confidently smiled as if a tray had appeared in her excited heart.
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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