“Director.”

It seemed like he was lost in contemplation. Soeun’s voice calling him in front of him sounded distant, like it was underwater. Taejun barely pulled himself together and flashed a faint smile.

“Do you have any worries?”

“No.”

“Why did you ask me to sit?”

As if she needed a reason to sit, her question sounded somewhat malicious.

But he couldn’t blame her heart. The one feeling awkward was not her but himself. He had tried to find a wicked way to hold onto her, seeking a momentary consolation.

Unlike the black interior, the imagination didn’t know its limits and was dazzling.

If Soeun were to have a child, how beautiful would the child be if it resembled Soeun? Even if it didn’t exactly match, if it had fair skin, cute lips, round eyes that showed curiosity, hands, feet, how beautiful would it be?

He recalled a seven-year-old girl who used to follow him around a long time ago. Imagining a child resembling Soeun became a pleasant thing amid that, making it even more sinful.

For the sake of his desires, he couldn’t confine her. Or perhaps, if her body had yielded, he might have thought about it more positively. But now, it was absolutely impossible. Just four months ago, she underwent a once-in-a-lifetime surgery. He couldn’t tie this tired woman, who still couldn’t gather energy on tired days, with his own selfish desires. She had to live for herself, not for someone else.

As if he hadn’t worried at all, Taejun stood up from his seat and sat in front of Soeun, asking,

“Do you know that Eiax and Nukum are in conflict?”

“Yes.”

“I found out that K Electronics is helping with the lawsuit against Eiax. It seems that the brother-in-law of Kim Sangdeok, the president of K Electronics Mobile Division, is the founder of Eiax.”

Taejun conveyed the information he had investigated to Soeun. Soeun seemed surprised too.

“If Kim Sangdeok is…?”

“My uncle in the fifth generation.”

“…”

“You don’t have to look at him like that, and you can curse him as much as you want. I naturally don’t get along with that person.”

Although Taejun seemed to smile leisurely as if nothing had happened, Soeun couldn’t release her worried gaze.

“Can we continue with the TF team work?”

“Especially at times like this, we should do it. It would be better if we speed up a bit.”

Soeun nodded vigorously with determination. But Taejun, who seemed to be smiling casually, added a word of advice.

“Don’t overdo it, though.”

“Yes. I won’t. But, what will happen to K Electronics if the truth is corrected?”

“The chairman might feel a bit embarrassed, but it’s best to correct the problem as soon as possible.”
Observing her quietly sinking expression, it was easy to guess what kind of corporate drama she was imagining in her mind. Taejun couldn’t help but laugh at the endless worries that continued in her head, like one worry leading to another.

“Miss Soeun, you don’t have to worry about anything. K Group will always be prosperous.”

So prosperous that it would be downright dreadful.

The rational coldness of a company that quickly fills an empty seat when one person disappears sometimes made Taejun resentful, causing his teeth to tremble.

Malhui’s husband, Gyu-chil, went out for a golf round after a long time.

Golf had been Gyu-chil’s long-standing hobby. Even when his business failed, he went to the golf course once a month. Now that the household was in ruins, he was bound to be discreet even about this. Perhaps today could be the last.

Wanting to burn the end as the end, Gyu-chil didn’t like the appearance of the caddy assigned to him. After expressing his dissatisfaction once at the reception, Gyu-chil, whose words were not accepted, grumbled and got on the cart. Since his friends had already arrived at the tee area, they had to move quickly.

Gyu-chil bitterly complained to the caddy holding the steering wheel.

“Nowadays, if you don’t have money, you can’t even enjoy a hobby. Isn’t that right?”

Unable to change the caddy due to the lack of money.

Thinking about his current situation, where he couldn’t even properly enjoy a single hobby, a sigh involuntarily escaped.

“What?”

The foreign caddy didn’t understand Gyu-chil’s words and asked again. Tilting his head to show that he would listen carefully, the cart wobbled.

Despite the complicated thoughts in his head due to the many issues at home, when Gyu-chil entered the open field, it felt like his heart was being pierced. It seemed better that the caddy didn’t understand his words. Gyu-chil poured out the accumulated feelings of dissatisfaction to the caddy.

“My wife and son are both causing trouble. My son hasn’t come to his senses, making mistakes with women. My wife, after barely fixing her illness, just brought back debts. I wish she had at least taken out life insurance. Now, after the cancer surgery, she can’t even get insurance. She just took my house and lives there alone.”

“What? Are we going back?”

“No! I said she’s living alone! Why can’t you understand?”