The shareholders’ meeting had already begun, but Taejun still hadn’t made an appearance.
“When is Mr. Kang coming?”
Mrs. Park asked anxiously, but Serin had no answer to offer. Instead, she gestured to Director Park, who promptly took out his phone and left the shareholders’ meeting.
“He’ll come. Don’t worry.”
Comforting Mrs. Park, whose hands were trembling with anxiety, Serin had faith in Taejun, making it possible.
He would surely come. Even if he was late, he would definitely come.
However, time passed, and until the moment of voting to appoint Mr. Baek as CEO, Taejun still hadn’t shown himself.
It started to become increasingly restless. However, the unease was not about Mr. Baek becoming the CEO.
It was a strange sense of unease, like the tension in the air was tightening and creeping around like an invisible thread.
It was unpleasant.
The voting began. Serin looked at Mr. Baek, whose expression was unreadable, and the restless directors.
With Taejun’s absence, these directors seemed convinced of their victory. But Mr. Baek’s face revealed nothing of what he was thinking.
Serin hesitated.
Should she trust Mr. Baek and raise him to the position of CEO? Or should she focus on protecting her own position until the end?
There was much inner turmoil.
Without Taejun by her side, the weight of that turmoil felt much heavier.
Only now did she realize how much she relied on Taejun. No, perhaps, unknowingly, he had seeped so deeply into her that even he might not know.
Now, it seemed she couldn’t do without him.
Life without Taejun was unimaginable.
You… When did you steal everything from me?
In the end, he kept his word. Without Taejun, Baek Serin, who couldn’t be imagined, was created.
[Dash]Oh, Baek Serin. Why does it sound like ‘I love you’ in my ears?Nevertheless, she never said the words “I love you” even once.
Why was she so awkward about those words?
Was saying “I love you” like a curse to her?
What a ridiculous superstition.
Tonight, she thought she should tell him those three words.
How much time had passed?
In the solemn atmosphere, it was time for the results to be announced.
But already anticipating their victory, the directors were looking at Serin and Mrs. Park with arrogant expressions.
Understandably so, because Taejun hadn’t come. If he, with a significant stake, didn’t side with Serin, they knew she couldn’t overturn the situation.
Where on earth was Taejun and what was he doing?
No, anything is fine. Even if he doesn’t attend the shareholders’ meeting today, she won’t blame him. This is her fight, not Taejun’s.
What she wants is one thing only, hoping that he is safe.
If nothing happened.
So that after the shareholders’ meeting, they could talk about today’s events in his arms and spend a comfortable night.
In such anxiety, the results were announced.
“With this, I announce that Mr. Baek Hyung-jun will take the position of CEO representing our support. Congratulations.”
There was no change.
However, the directors looked at Serin with somewhat surprised expressions.
The reason was that Mr. Baek had overwhelmingly ascended to the position of CEO with strong support, and many could speculate that Serin easily sided with him.
More shocking than the result, the directors were agitated.
But Serin, with calm eyes, now looked at her small father who had become Mr. Baek, the chairman.
Now, her destiny depended on him.
Everything was at stake, a gamble.
At that moment, an emergency was declared in a university hospital’s emergency room.
Many patients had rushed in at once due to a nearby bus accident.
“Are there more patients coming in?”
When the emergency room doctor asked the paramedic, the man nodded wearily.
“Yes. It seems there was another traffic accident nearby. But it seems there was also a stabbing.”
“Ha… An accident involving a crime.”
This was quite a troublesome accident. If it involved a crime, the police would soon rush in, and even without that, the already busy emergency room would become more chaotic.
But doctors had no choice.
Once a patient came in, whether they were a victim or an assailant, it was their duty to save them.
“Ah, they’re coming in. Probably the last ambulance.”
As the last ambulance came in and the door opened, a blood-soaked man and a crying woman appeared.
“Hehehe! Our representative…”
It was Taejun and Sodam.
Chairman Baek, who had become the CEO, climbed onto the platform to deliver words of thanks to the shareholders.
Serin looked at that scene with indifferent eyes, but Mrs. Park, who was beside her, whispered anxiously.
“Serin, why…”
Mrs. Park also knew. That she had thrown her support to Chairman Baek.
To this, Serin responded quietly.
“He’s family. I can’t pretend to be estranged from my small father forever. In that case… if it’s the right thing to do, then as a young child, I should extend my hand first.”
“But still… you know, your small father. He’ll push you away first.”
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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