I Became a Mother (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 39

“It’s me.”

That night, long after work hours had ended, Team Leader Nam received a call and instantly sensed it was bad news.

—Well, it seems the inevitable has finally arrived.

Expecting a lengthy scolding, he was surprised when the other party merely let out a brief sigh. Kyo Hwan tensed slightly.

“Why aren’t you saying anything?”

Have you gone mad? He’d anticipated an impassioned lecture from the Chief Secretary about all the negative repercussions of the broken engagement.

—You knew exactly what you were doing, didn’t you?

No matter how driven by the desire to avenge his late father and grandfather, there was no way he’d push forward with the marriage after witnessing his own child treated so poorly.

Ever since he’d seen the video of Isabel causing a scene at the café, even Team Leader Nam—who’d never had children—had foreseen this outcome.

Kyo Hwan himself would vehemently deny it, but having known him since their military days, Team Leader Nam had keenly noticed the subtle changes in him since meeting Teacher Bong—more acutely than anyone else.

Ten years ago, he’d gone to greet Kyo Hwan, the newly assigned military legal officer, arriving in an army vehicle.

Unlike other legal officers intoxicated by privilege—already boasting they’d become prosecutors or judges right after military service—he never spoke down to subordinates or acted arrogantly.

It was precisely for this reason that, when Kyo Hwan later requested his help, he’d immediately joined the law firm without hesitation—despite having assumed he’d spend his life as a soldier, coming from a long line of military men.

“I need someone I can trust.”

Back then, during their military days, Team Leader Nam had simply thought of him as a bright young man who’d passed the bar exam early.

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