Ye Rin drove I Hyun’s car, arriving at I Hyun’s family home, Jinhonjae.

As they entered Jinhonjae, the aroma of deliciously prepared food wafted through the air.

Lady Yun Hye Ran warmly greeted I Hyun and Ye Rin with a bright smile.

“You’re here, son? Our Secretary Han must have had a tough morning too.”

“Not at all, madam.”

“The chairman is waiting, let’s go in.”

Entering the dining room, a neatly set table came into view at once.

“Sit down.”

The chairman of Jiseok Electronics was seated at the head of the table.

To his right sat I Hyun, and to his left sat his elder brother Su Hyun.

Ye Rin stood to one side of the dining room with the other secretaries.

Before picking up his chopsticks, the chairman spoke in a solemn voice.

“How are the marriage plans for I Hyun and Su Hyun progressing?”

The topic of today’s breakfast meeting seemed to be the marriage of his two sons.

Su Hyun confidently shared his plans to find a suitable woman through arranged meetings.

The chairman’s gaze fell on I Hyun.

He raised his head and stared at Ye Rin with unwavering eyes.

Finally, I Hyun opened his mouth.

“I have a woman I’m in love with one-sidedly.”

At I Hyun’s words, everyone in the dining room was left speechless.

The chairman’s eyes narrowed considerably.

Then, as if to confirm what he had just heard, he asked again.

“One-sided love?”

“Yes.”

Lady Yun made a fuss.

“Oh, son. What could you possibly lack that you’re in a one-sided love?”

Her face showed genuine incomprehension.

“Where could you find a man as perfect as our son? He’s handsome, tall, and smart. Isn’t he?”

I Hyun spoke with one corner of his mouth slightly raised.

“I’m not very good at handling women, am I?”

“That’s true. I’ve always been worried since I’ve never seen you date anyone.”

Lady Yun looked at I Hyun with interest and asked.

“I’m so curious about what kind of young lady she is?”

I Hyun’s head slowly turned towards Ye Rin.

Their gazes met in mid-air, as Ye Rin had been staring at I Hyun all along.

Ye Rin clasped her hands in front of her and bit her lip.

Why is he looking at me like this in this situation?

Worried that Lady Yun might follow I Hyun’s gaze, Ye Rin fretted silently.

“Son! Don’t look away while talking to your mother.”

At Lady Yun’s call, I Hyun had no choice but to turn his head back.

“Who is she? I’m really curious, son.”

“If you find out who she is.”

“Huh?”

“Are you thinking of saying something to her if you find out?”

I Hyun’s face hardened sternly.

It was a fierce warning that even if it was his mother, he wouldn’t stand for such tactless behavior as seeking out the woman he loved one-sidedly.

“No?”

As if that wasn’t her intention from the start, Lady Yun looked wronged.

“Why would I say anything to that poor young lady? She must have her reasons for pushing you away.”

I Hyun stared at Lady Yun as if surprised.

“First, I’d have to ask about the whole story.”

As Lady Yun was very fond of her son, Ye Rin thought she would immediately try to track down I Hyun’s love interest and give her a piece of her mind.

Something along the lines of “Who do you think you are to reject our son?”

However, Lady Yun didn’t seem to have any such intention at all.

“What whole story are you talking about asking?”

Ye Rin was both looking forward to and dreading Lady Yun’s next words.

She lowered her head but kept her ears open.

Lady Yun’s gentle voice continued.

“Shouldn’t I at least hear why she doesn’t like our son? There might be some flaw of yours that I don’t know about.”

“And if there is?”

Though she expected him to say there couldn’t possibly be any, Lady Yun’s words were unexpected.

“Son, then of course you should fix it.”

Everyone in the dining room seemed surprised, though they tried not to show it.

Lady Yun leaned forward, adopting a stern expression as if admonishing I Hyun.

“If that flaw is why that young lady dislikes you.”

“I suppose so.”

“Yes, originally the one who loves more becomes the weaker party.”

Saying this, Lady Yun looked at the chairman.

“Isn’t that right, dear?”

“Ahem.”

The chairman cleared his throat, seemingly flustered by the sudden shift of focus to him.

So he made a show of picking up his chopsticks.

“Well, let’s eat.”

Lady Yun covered her mouth with one hand and laughed at the chairman’s reaction.

“Do you know how much your father chased after me saying he liked me?”

I Hyun nodded with a smirk.

It was a story he had heard countless times.

“I said no, no. I refused even when he said he’d give me all his wealth.”

After the chairman was widowed from his first wife, he met Lady Yun at a volunteer gathering.

Lady Yun wasn’t particularly impressed by the chairman, who was older than her.

She said it wasn’t love at first sight, but before she knew it, they had become a couple.

It was a love story he had heard so many times before that it was tiresome.

Even though it was about how his parents met, topics like dating, love, and marriage.

Such things were of no interest to I Hyun, so he always tuned them out.

But somehow today, he was curious about what happened next.

Thinking that while children often take after their parents, why did he have to inherit even this one-sided love from the chairman.

Pretending to be disinterested, I Hyun asked Lady Yun indifferently.

“If you said no, why did you end up marrying father?”

“Your father pursued me to the point of being creepy.”

Thinking it strange that such a taciturn chairman would act that way, I Hyun looked surprised.

“He would stand in front of our house every day with flowers.”

At those words, not only I Hyun but even Su Hyun nodded.

Despite his busy schedule, the chairman mysteriously remembered all sorts of anniversaries.

Unlike other chaebol who had strategic marriages, they had a love marriage, so everyone envied Lady Yun.

“I thought he’d give up after a day or two, but he really stood there rain or shine just to see my face once. I thought, this man is something else.”

Even on days when he returned from business trips, the chairman would stop by Lady Yun’s house from the airport to see her, even if it meant getting only a few hours of sleep.

“One day I came back from an appointment, and your father wasn’t in front of the house.”

By now, not just I Hyun but everyone in the dining room was completely engrossed in Lady Yun’s love story.

Except for the chairman, who was dying of embarrassment.

“That day, were you a bit disappointed?”

“I suppose I could have been.”

“Worried that something might have happened to the man who came every day, I went inside the house, and guess what.”

Lady Yun covered her mouth with one hand and laughed softly, lost in thought.

“He was doing flower arrangements with my mother and chatting away in our house.”

It was hard to believe that the usually reticent chairman would do such a thing.

“That’s when I fell for him.”

Did she fall for him because of his flower arranging?

I Hyun thought women’s hearts were truly incomprehensible and looked even more troubled.

In reality, what Lady Yun fell for was the chairman’s unchanging consistency and his attentiveness to her family as well.

Lady Yun chuckled, finding the memory both amusing and incredulous.

The chairman waved his hand, seemingly embarrassed for no reason.

“Ahem. Stop talking about useless things. About I Hyun and Su Hyun’s marriages now…”

Lady Yun cut off the chairman’s words.

“Dear, do you think marriage is something that just happens by talking about it?”

At Lady Yun’s rebuke, the chairman quietly closed his mouth again.

Even in this brief glimpse of the family’s mealtime, anyone could tell.

That Lady Yun was the true power in this house.

Lady Yun looked very excited, as it was the first time I Hyun had shown interest in her love story.

“Son, are you curious about the detailed process of how your father wooed me?”

“Well, just…”

Lady Yun’s lips kept curling into a smile as if reminiscing about that time.

“It might be helpful in capturing the heart of that woman you’re in love with one-sidedly.”

At the mention of a possible solution, I Hyun put down his chopsticks and stared at Lady Yun.

But Lady Yun was not one to be easily swayed.

“If you want something, son, you should offer something first.”

“Never mind.”

Even between mother and son, there was no such thing as free information in the Jiseok Electronics family.

“I’ll manage on my own.”

I Hyun didn’t seem convincing at all.

The chairman sighed briefly at the sight.

“Why are you trying to take such a difficult path?”

The chairman fixed his gaze on Su Hyun.

“Just have an arranged marriage with matching conditions like Su Hyun.”

“I don’t want to.”

I Hyun, who had never once contradicted the chairman’s words until now.

But today, I Hyun looked extremely serious.

“I’m in a one-sided love right now, so my heart is too troubled.”

“Hmph.”

“So I don’t think I can attend arranged meetings that I’m not interested in.”

The furrows in the chairman’s brow deepened.

“And I have no intention of marrying anyone other than the woman I’m in love with one-sidedly.”

The chairman countered, not backing down.

“You’re not unaware of the conditions for inheriting the position of Jiseok Group’s successor.”

“I am aware.”

I Hyun looked at Ye Rin intently again, with a more confident expression than before.

“I will definitely make that woman mine.”

As if making a declaration of war.

Lady Yun made a fuss again, finding her son quite dashing.

“Oh my, son! You really resemble your father when you’re like this.”

“Ahem, stop saying unnecessary things.”

“Son, mom will support your love.”

“Thank you. Though it’s still just a one-sided pursuit, not yet love.”

I Hyun was confident that this feeling, extending in one direction, would eventually reach that woman.

Ye Rin knew that no one could tell that she was the object of I Hyun’s one-sided love, but she still worried and lowered her head deeply.

Lady Yun’s gaze occasionally fell on Ye Rin.

Without anyone noticing.