Se Ah’s words made Chairman Cha Seung Jo’s eyes widen in disbelief.
“Don’t tell me another ridiculous lie!”
Seeing Chairman Cha Seung Jo’s discomfiture brought a flush of satisfaction to Se Ah’s face and neck.
But soon, a cold smile spread across her face.
“A lie… You’ll see, Chairman Cha.”
Leaving that bombshell behind, Se Ah didn’t look back as she left the house and got into a taxi.
‘Do you think I’ll be discarded like a fool again? When I’ve finally caught another chance! No way.’
She couldn’t be thrown out of this house so pathetically.
She had found out about the pregnancy two days ago.
The absence of her period had raised suspicions.
It wasn’t 100% certain with just two pregnancy tests.
But Se Ah had experienced this before and had already booked an appointment with the clinic for the following week.
“Please, please…….”
Min Woo had been annoyed by Se Ah’s presence and had been avoiding her with various excuses, but she had persuaded him to spend the nights together.
They weren’t satisfying or happy nights, but she had endured, hoping for a pregnancy.
Surely this child would be the result of Se Ah’s efforts.
But what if it wasn’t?
What if it was because of that one day she had spent in loneliness…?
“No. No way! It can’t be. This child must be mine and Cha Min Woo’s!”
Se Ah shook her head vehemently.
The child had to be from the night she spent with Min Woo.
No! It was from that night. She would believe that.
Se Ah cradled her stomach protectively.
“Baby… Mommy will protect you. And I will make sure you are born and raised in this house.”
Right now, the baby inside her was the only lifeline Se Ah could cling to.
Juran gnawed on her fingernails.
“What grudge does that woman Kim Ji Won have against me, really?”
She would bolt awake at night, haunted by the humiliation she suffered at the Emerald Club recently.
Se Ah, that girl, clueless of the mood, went around greeting people amidst it all.
The onlookers judged Juran and Se Ah with eyes full of contempt.
“Ah, my head. At my age, I should be enjoying my grandchildren and spending money freely, but this is such a disgrace.”
Ji Yeon had been as quiet as the dead while living with Min Woo, but after learning who knows what from where, she turned against her and Min Woo with outrage.
And Se Ah, whom she thought she had finally gotten rid of, had appeared out of nowhere and set up a household with Min Woo.
The usually docile in-law, who used to fawn over her, had shamed her in front of everyone.
Furthermore, Chairman Cha, furious about something, wouldn’t come home despite repeated calls, and later didn’t even respond.
“Why do I, Kang Juran, have to endure such mistreatment! Why!”
The more she thought, the angrier she got, unable to contain herself.
Regrettably, it seemed too late to win back Ji Yeon’s affection.
And Min Woo, it seemed, was unwilling too.
Despite Se Ah’s words, Chairman Cha Seung Jo could not just accept her and let things be.
‘That poisonous and twisted con artist of a girl can never be allowed in, not even if I were buried six feet under.’
Juran, who had been writhing in bed, abruptly got up and searched for her phone.
“Accepting Jung Se Ah is out of the question. It would be better to let our Min Woo grow old and die a bachelor than to accept that girl.”
Feeling that nothing could be done, she decided to call Kim Ok Ja, the well-connected matchmaker from the affluent Cheongdam-dong district, whom she often associated with.
‘Maybe I should have asked Madam Kim from the beginning instead of following that man’s lead, which led to this mess. I should have been the one to take charge! Ugh, what’s the use of regretting the past now? I must find a better way forward.’
Kim Ok Ja, known as ‘Madam Kim,’ was renowned among the high society matrons as a ‘golden matchmaker.’
While there were a plethora of marriage and couple management companies nowadays, those were exposed to ordinary people.
The top tier that they catered to, at best, included professions like prosecutors, lawyers, and doctors.
But the person who truly connected the upper echelons was somewhere entirely different.
Young people might scoff at such things, but Madam Kim, Kim Ok Ja, had arranged over 300 marriages for heirs of major conglomerates.
Among them were scions of businesses ranked within the top five of the economic world.
While it was difficult for others to get an appointment with Kim Ok Ja, often requiring a reservation months in advance, Juran was an exception.
Years ago, when Madam Kim had been severely beaten by her ex-husband and collapsed, Juran had coincidentally learned about the incident.
With Chairman Cha’s help, Juran saved her life and got her ex-husband far away, and since then, Madam Kim had followed Juran around, calling her ‘sister.’
Rrrr[Dash] Rrrr[Dash]
“Oh, Juran sister, it’s been a while. I knew you would call. I wondered why I hadn’t heard from you. Didn’t you make quite the splash at the Emerald Club gathering? Ohohoho.”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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