What does that mean? What did that rich guy notice? Suddenly calling and saying such absurd things, seriously!
Kang Juran spontaneously chimed in with irritation as Choi Dogang complained about the sudden phone call.
“He noticed! Cha Seung-jo noticed! Our Min-woo, he asked for a genetic test. He says his blood might not be mine.”
What, what? Did he really say that?
Juran, who leisurely answered the phone while lying on the bed, suddenly jumped up and shouted.
As unexpected words came through the phone, her complexion instantly turned ashen, and her lips and chin trembled.
No, how did that person find out? What’s going on? Why is this happening all of a sudden!
“I don’t know, alright? Suddenly, I got a call from the hospital saying that Cha Seung-jo can speak now. They called me instead of you, who is registered as the guardian, so I thought it was about work or a court decision. But he suddenly only told me this.”
Dokang’s appearance, almost screaming through the phone, was filled with anxiety, which was a stark contrast to his usual calm and composed demeanor.
He had carefully buried it for 34 years, and no one had known.
The perfectly kept secret he had hidden, even from his son Cha Min-woo.
His relationship with Kang Juran had been kept so secret that no one could notice, meeting discreetly, and even in recent years, they met only once every few months with caution.
With the recent scandals at C&C, everything they had planned was falling apart, and now Cha Seung-jo was suspecting even Min-woo’s birth.
It was an unimaginable situation.
The perfectly fabricated lie, right in front of him, was crumbling down.
35 years ago, Choi Dogang was an ambitious young secretary gaining Seung-jo Cha’s trust.
Having lost his parents early in life, he had struggled but, with the fruit of his hard work, he graduated from a prestigious university in Korea and joined C&C.
Being excellent at work and having an exceptional mind, he rose through the ranks rapidly, becoming the closest person to Cha Seung-jo.
He first met Kang Juran shortly after she entered Chairman Cha’s house as a maid.
35 years ago, Juran was undeniably beautiful.
Not a refined beauty, but she had a charm like a sharp-eyed cat.
She kept a close eye on Choi Dogang, who frequently visited Chairman Cha’s house, and secretly seduced him.
Being naive, having never met a woman due to studying and working all the time, Dogang willingly fell for Juran’s seduction, and they soon fell deeply in love.
To avoid any rumors reaching people’s ears, the staff hired by Cha Seung-jo were kept completely unaware of their secret encounters.
That’s how he, meeting Juran, began dreaming in his heart about a future with her.
Having lost his parents early on, Dogang always craved the family love that he navigated through this challenging world alone. Dogang, who firmly believed that Juran’s love filled the void and that only a rosy future remained, was in despair when he learned the truth.
But her thoughts were different. She wasn’t satisfied with Dogang, a mere company employee. The day when Kim Jiwon and Cha Seungjo had a big fight, drank all night until they were drunk in the study, she had secretly approached Seungjo, winning his heart.
When Dogang learned all of this, he tasted the despair of the world collapsing. “How could you do this to me! We… we were in love!” Juran’s face, facing Dogang’s screams, showed not a trace of guilt.
“What are you talking about, Mr. Dogang? When did I ever say I wanted to live with you? Of course, we were good together. Rarely did I meet someone as passionate as you. But that didn’t mean we were going to share a future. It was enough that we comforted each other’s loneliness, wasn’t it?”
Now that he thought about it, there was never a response to Dogang’s confession of love. She just smiled at his words.
However, even though she didn’t give a clear answer, knowing her feelings, they had always been together and shared warmth, so he never doubted their future together.
“Mr. Dogang, our innocent Mr. Dogang doesn’t seem to understand anything… In any relationship, you need a definite answer. You can’t go far alone just with imagination.”
After that, Juran cut off contact, and it seemed like their relationship was neatly sorted out.
Dogang, who had been in agony to the point of death, had to live again. Despite how he had lived, he couldn’t give up everything for one woman’s change of heart.
He found out about his son Cha Minwoo about a month after Minwoo was born when he visited her house to deliver a gift as instructed by Cha Seungjo.
During that time, Dogang tried his best not to run into her, and since Cha Seungjo had arranged a house for Juran, they rarely collided.
Holding the baby, Juran welcomed him, insisted that he have a drink, and held on to him persistently.
Watching Juran behave as if there were no reservations about meeting him, Dogang felt a bitter taste rising in his throat.
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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