Yes. If that was his goal, Tae Joon had succeeded perfectly. She could now understand more than enough about what he wanted.
Thanks to that, her heart towards him only grew heavier. She might be holding his hand now to survive, but she couldn’t be sure where it would end.
Would he, who promised to only love, win, or would she, who vowed not to love until the end, win?
Or would this man become her life’s shield and sword, or a deadly poison?
With just one kiss, everything was falling into uncertainty.
Just with one kiss.
Meanwhile, at that time.
In the spot where Seo Rin had left without even having dinner, President Baek was sitting across from Director Hwang.
“How did it go with The MG?”
“We’re continuing to attempt contact, but there’s no response. Are we sure that The MG is really attending the temporary shareholders meeting?”
“They said they would, so they will. The biggest variable in this situation is The MG. They own around 8%. If The MG sides with Seo Rin, our plan completely fails.”
“What about Ms. Son Mi Joo who owns around 3%?”
At Director Hwang’s question, President Baek clenched his teeth and put down his sake glass.
“Um, that disgusting old woman……”
That single phrase was enough to infer that he had failed to persuade Ms. Son.
Well, the old woman was notorious for being stubborn and eccentric, so they didn’t have much expectation from the beginning, but as expected, it was a failure. Therefore, the only target they could aim for was The MG. Because of this, the need to contact The MG became even more desperate.
“Was there any information about the representative who said they would attend?”
“No. The investment firm called The MG is really famous in the U.S. There’s a rumor that the representative is a KoreanAmerican, but they’re so mysterious that there are few people who’ve seen their face.”
“Anyway, we need to stop The MG from going over to Seo Rin’s side at all costs, even if they’re not on our side.”
As President Baek spoke decisively, Director Hwang widened his snakelike eyes and raised his glass.
“Don’t worry, President. They’re a company with investment sense, they wouldn’t crawl over to the side of a young girl just because they trust her. You’re still standing strong, aren’t you?”
Director Hwang was right. No matter how hard Seo Rin tried, she couldn’t beat his builtup career, and a discerning investment company wouldn’t support her.
Still, he felt uneasy.
A vague sense of unease was coiling in his gut, as if constricting his breath.
Was it because he saw a young President Baek in Seo Rin’s demeanor today?
Or was it because she herself looked too strong?
He didn’t know why. Seo Rin had shown no signs of backing down against the experienced President Baek.
“Such a fearless girl.”
A curse was involuntarily muttered.
Knowing who the curse was directed at, Director Hwang silently nodded in agreement.
But President Baek wasn’t going to just let it end with a curse. Because he couldn’t forget the black eyes of Seo Rin he had seen today.
What on earth was she relying on to be so daring?
He felt that he might need to attach someone to monitor her.
Cheongdamdong Jazz Bar.
Tae Joon and Seo Rin had to change locations. No, to be precise, Seo Rin couldn’t stay in that place for long. The pheromones of this man scattered under the black night sky were too strong, and it seemed like she would be completely enchanted.
If marriage was inevitable, even if the marriage that the two imagined was completely different, it was most important to gain the upper hand no matter what. And in order to gain that upper hand, a change in atmosphere was urgently needed.
Although she chose it, Tae Joon looked even more solid under the dim lighting. The tension rose to the point of suffocating at his strong shoulders filling the suit and his unswerving black eyes.
The saving grace was that he had a discerning eye and would not attempt to kiss her as casually as before.
“You used to hate it when just one drink made the world spin, seems like you’ve changed now?”
As Tae Joon opened his mouth first, looking at her silently gazing at the strong cocktail she had ordered, Seo Rin’s eyes, filled with many emotions, finally met his.
“Are your twenties and thirties the same? Back then, I knew nothing and was just starting to breathe in the outside world. But now it’s different. Because sometimes, there are times when I have to down a shot of liquor.”
Just like this moment.
She didn’t explicitly say the rest, but Tae Joon subtly curled up the corners of his mouth as if to smile.
“I feel like I’ve become that shot of liquor.”
“That’s right. I won’t deny it. At this moment, you’re like a shot of liquor to me, Tae Joon. But it’s a shot that I must take.”
“I’m listening.”
Tae Joon willingly yielded the moment to her, who seemed to have a lot to say. But that didn’t make him seem any less formidable.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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