Impure Among Friends (Completed Main Story) - Side Story 9

The more I look back on the past, the more I realize this: we’ve circled around so much, passed through countless moments where we could have drifted apart—repeating misunderstandings, silences, and facades—but in the end, we still reached each other through love alone.

And I concluded:

After our marriage, only flower-strewn paths would unfold before us, happiness would overflow, and love alone would be enough.

Yet, four years into marriage, as both husband and wife and as parents, the two of us realized a new truth:

Perfect love might exist in this world, but perfect couples do not.

Love may be easy—but marriage is hard.

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Inside the glass-walled conference room, the afternoon sun poured in warmly, yet the air felt heavy and the atmosphere deadly tense.

This was all because of CEO Kang Sa Jun and Senior Executive Vice President Min Tae Hee, who sat diagonally opposite each other, locked in a silent standoff, their gazes unwavering.

After a long, taut silence, it was not the CEO but the SVP who finally broke the quiet.

“Director, it’s difficult to expect significantly higher profitability from marketing campaigns targeting domestic customers.”

“I agree with Senior Vice President Min’s opinion.”

The CEO replied in his usual measured tone, his expression and eyes as inscrutable as ever. The executives, holding their breath, turned their tense gazes toward Min Tae Hee—the SVP who had received an unprecedented promotion last year as the youngest executive ever.

“If Seo Mun secures hosting rights for D Company’s supercar exhibition, wouldn’t that create the possibility of H Company—currently enforcing a strict store quota to maintain brand exclusivity—opening a store at Seo Mun?”

D Company, a luxury icon in the automotive world, and H Company, the pinnacle of fashion luxury, maintained a brotherly, cooperative relationship.

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