Thump, thump. As Gyo Hwan came down the stairs and faced her, his brows slowly furrowed.
“Where are you going? It seems we have a lot to talk about.”
“……”
Hyo Jin almost screamed as if she had stepped on a thumbtack with her bare feet at the sharp gaze directed at her.
In front of the watching homeroom teacher, Gyo Hwan, who came down the stairs side by side as if they were a loving couple, opened the back door of the car he had parked himself in the parking lot.
Why didn’t I notice this car when I arrived at school earlier?
“Get in, Seung Yul’s mother.”
Why are you doing this, father. Rather than openly swearing.
Unlike Hyo Jin, who blushed in embarrassment, he showed no change in expression.
Thump. After loading Hyo Jin, Gyo Hwan slammed the back door as if slapping her cheek, circled the hood, and got into the passenger seat.
“Please cancel all my appointments this afternoon.”
“Pardon?”
The team leader, who didn’t know what had happened inside, started the car and then turned to look at Gyo Hwan sitting next to him.
“What should I tell the clients?”
“Tell them that due to a family issue, I, lawyer Gyo Hwan, need to spend time with my son as a father today. Please ask for their understanding.”
The gaze that looked at Hyo Jin sitting in the back seat through the rearview mirror was like a predator that had caught its prey.
“Yes, I understand.”
Hyo Jin, who had anticipated the upcoming storm, clenched her trembling fingers and looked at his broad, sexy, and curvy shoulders.
Even now, admiring his great suit fit… I realized that I still hadn’t come to my senses.
Crazy, Bong Hyo Jin. Is this the time to think about that? You’re being dragged to the slaughterhouse right now.
She tried to think of an excuse for being called Seung Yul’s mom, but her mind was bleached white and no thoughts came up.
Upon arriving at the Forest Institution, Gyo Hwan headed directly to Hyo Jin’s quarters, not his office.
Perhaps because of the power from the last time she wore his wife’s clothes, Hyo Jin didn’t feel particularly good, as if he was trying to check if there was any stolen item from his wife.
“……You taught my son very well. At the tender age of 9, he was lying to his friends and teachers, calling you his mother.”
Even in his icy sarcastic remark, the title of ‘teacher’ was omitted. Not even if she were a con artist.
“I’m sorry.”
“You should first explain why this happened, not apologize. I feel like I’ve said this before.”
In the face of his icy gaze, Hyo Jin’s voice trembled so much that her teeth nearly chattered.
“When I went to school, the mothers were talking about Seung Yul. Saying that he was expelled from Singapore, raised only by his father without a mother, and that he has many issues.”
“So……?”
At his response that seemed to question what the problem was, Hyo Jin’s words were choked as if she were caught at a threshold.
“Oh, yes! I was going to endure up to that point, but when they said that if his dad got married and had a sibling, he would be left in the dust…”
“Why is that?”
“Pardon?”
Hyo Jin, who was chopping her head with her hand, blinked a couple of times with her throat rattling.
“……Don’t you feel anything hearing this story, father?”
Even I, who am not his mother, am this angry.
“So what does that have to do with you? Even I, his father, am just staying calm.”
Ha, ‘you.’ Even by no longer calling her ‘teacher,’ Hyo Jin could sense the fate that was about to befall her.
“That’s a possibility, according to them. If he gets married and has a sibling, it could be the end.”
His mother, Ja Hyun, thought that through marriage, she would completely regain the position of representative, but it was something that Gyo Hwan had been sufficiently worried about.
Just as his grandfather had adopted Kang Jae Ik, his father’s friend, as his foster son in place of his irresponsible father.
“So the operating committee mothers have quieted down?”
“Well, about that……”
Just as Gyo Hwan asked the question, he cut off Hyo Jin’s words, seemingly not wanting to hear even an excuse.
“Did Seung Yul know about this?”
“No! Seung Yul doesn’t know anything!”
Worried that Seung Yul might be hit by the backlash, Hyo Jin forcefully set her throat.
“Seung Yul was angry. Asking why you, who aren’t even his real mother, would claim to be.”
“So you wanted this, you planned this incident alone.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Why?”
Under the approaching intimidation, Hyo Jin’s neck naturally bent backwards.
“How dare you, someone like you, wanted to become my son’s mother. When he has a mother who gave birth to him……”
The eye contact was fierce, like a predator tearing at the throat of its cornered prey.
“I liked Seung Yul. He’s cute, lovable. Sometimes, seeing him take care of me like an adult, I wanted to do something for him.”
“So you became his mother? I feel like crying. To think that you cared for my son that much.”
Every time he scoffed at her, Hyo Jin felt like her shoulders were shrinking, her heart seemed to be constricting.
“But, if you were his real mother…”
Gyo Hwan looked at Hyo Jin, chilling the surrounding air.
“I absolutely couldn’t have done that.”
Lying to friends and teachers for the sake of a child.
“I mean, if you were his real mother, you absolutely couldn’t have done that. Do you understand?”
“So what should I have done?”
Like a worm wriggling when stepped on, Hyo Jin flared up.
Was she supposed to just stay still after hearing that?
“Huh, this is why I wanted an experienced teacher.”
Gyo Hwan let out a sigh, seemingly tired.
“Why didn’t you just say that you wanted an experienced teacher from the beginning? Preferably one who is married with children.”
He chose me, and now why?
“But still, Professor Kim Yong Hoon recommended you.”
“……!”
“I wasn’t impressed with you from the first time I saw you, a greenhorn with no experience, but I thought I could trust a teacher recommended by the professor. But it seems that the respected professor has disappointed me.”
At his words about someone who had never disappointed him, Hyo Jin clenched her lips.
“I’m sorry for disappointing you. The professor only has the sin of trusting me and recommending me. I will take any punishment for my wrongdoing. So please, don’t blame the professor because of me. I beg you.”
When had she ever been so assertive? Gyo Hwan’s eyebrows twitched as he watched Hyo Jin, who had lowered her head like a wilted cabbage.
How on earth did she know my father?
He was curious for a moment, but even such curiosity felt too bothersome.
“Chairman.”
Having finished a phone call with the bank following Gyo Hwan’s instructions, the male team leader entered.
“Did you check the account?”
The male team leader relayed the report he had just confirmed with the bank.
“On October 20th, 20 million won was withdrawn from the account that madam had left for Seung Yul.”
20 million won? Goodness, this is insane!
Hyo Jin’s mouth dropped open in shock, and when her eyes met Gyo Hwan’s, she covered her mouth with her hand.
“Judging by your surprise, it seems you weren’t aware of this either? Seung Yul said he didn’t know anything.”
“Oh, father!”
As her knees gave way and she sank to the floor, Hyo Jin clutched at Gyo Hwan’s jacket as he turned to leave.
“I’m really sorry. Seung Yul really didn’t do anything wrong. I’m the one who made him do it.”
With a bland expression, Gyo Hwan yanked his jacket free of her grasp and briefly scolded Hyo Jin.
“Do not leave this room until further instructions are given.”
Once outside the room, Gyo Hwan instructed the driver to guard the door and shouted to the male team leader as he headed towards the annex where Seung Yul’s room was located.
“Bring Seung Yul here immediately. Right now!”
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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