“Ha, I apologize. I just let my guard down for a moment.”
“Were you nervous?”
“Of course. Since the talks involve confidential matters, hiring a translator and explaining it myself can be nerveracking, especially since my English is not very fluent.”
That was just like President Baek. He skillfully wrapped up this situation, without hurting the other party’s feelings at all.
“Haha. I see.”
Sodam sat down in a good mood, but there was still an inexplicable tension between the two. However, dare anyone say anything about this suffocating atmosphere first?
A short while later, when an employee came in to take orders, President Baek suggested a meal, but Sodam, not wanting to prolong the time, requested a simple tea.
“Do you not drink alcohol?”
“Yes. I don’t drink when I have such important meetings.”
Looking at Sodam, who answered decisively, President Baek’s eyes sparkled.
At first, he was worried whether this small and young woman could make proper judgments, but Sodam seemed more ambitious than he thought.
And she had her own principles in business. Having such things at a young age meant she had quite a bit of experience in this field, regardless of her age.
Perhaps they might be able to have a conversation.
“I know The MG usually doesn’t have premeetings. You strictly make judgments based on data. But I can’t express how grateful I am that you broke that principle and gave me this opportunity.”
“That’s correct. We don’t have premeetings.”
“Is there a special reason for that?”
“There is.”
“……”
“People lie, but data doesn’t.”
At her small but confident voice, President Baek was taken aback.
As expected, his assumption was correct. The opponent was not as easy as he had thought.
Given the premise that people lie, it might not be easy to appeal his vision while facing President Baek.
However, giving up was not in his vocabulary.
He had to convince this young woman today, as only then he would be able to become the CEO at the temporary shareholders’ meeting.
“Coming here today, you won’t regret it.”
Failure was not an option he could choose.
“I hope this meeting, which I broke my principle to attend, has some significance.”
“Of course.”
“Knowing the enemy and knowing yourself, you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.”
At the use of the classical idiom, which didn’t seem to fit this setting, President Baek was momentarily taken aback. Because he was not an enemy, but an ally.
However, he didn’t pay much attention to it. He thought she might not be familiar with idioms or Korean due to her long stay abroad.
Go and tell her, knowing the enemy and knowing yourself, you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.
Unaware that this was a message sent by Tae Joon.
Meanwhile, at that moment.
Seo Rin finished a quick meeting and headed to the Han River Gosu Zone. This was because she had agreed to meet Tae Joon there. Upon arrival, she first sent Manager Park home and then got into Tae Joon’s waiting car.
“Have you been waiting long?”
“No. I just got here.”
His smiling face looked especially sexy under the red street light. The flickering shadows made his already distinct features even more pronounced.
“How was your day?”
“Nothing special. A few meetings and a strategy meeting. That’s all.”
“Did anything stress you out?”
At Tae Joon’s question, she recalled meeting President Baek before the meeting, but strangely, unlike usual, she didn’t care much and shook her head.
“Not really.”
“That’s a relief. See? I told you everything will be fine.”
“Stop hypnotizing me like that. Don’t you know I’m in a critical situation right now? If you keep doing that, Tae Joon, I might unwittingly relax.”
The reason why she didn’t vehemently deny her love life to President Baek today seemed to be because of Tae Joon.
His words had a strange power.
When he spoke, it felt as if it would certainly come true.
In the past, he used to hypnotize her in this way and exerted a significant influence on her life. Nothing has changed even now.
Thanks to him, her liver kept coming out and her gallbladder grew.
“That’s good. You’re too tense usually. It’s okay to relax a bit.”
Unconsciously, Seo Rin rolled her eyes. But it was a look he had often dealt with in the past, so he seemed unfazed. Rather, he rested his arm on the steering wheel and looked up at her.
Many emotions could be seen in his silent gaze.
Even though she knew she shouldn’t get involved, Seo Rin couldn’t tear her gaze away from his eyes.
“Don’t look at me like that. It’s suffocating.”
“Why? You should get used to it. We’re going to be… legally married soon.”
Legally married.
That word seemed to weigh heavily on Seo Rin. But contrary to her feelings, Tae Joon seemed to have a lot of expectations. Looking at how he sparkles sexily even in the darkness.
How much more does she have to explain to make this man understand?
“Don’t expect too much. It might not be the kind of married life you want, Tae Joon.”
“Don’t be complacent. I’m not… the old Kang Tae Joon.”
“So, you’re saying you’re going to do what you couldn’t do 8 years ago now?”
Once again, she had sharpened her words.
Whenever the conversation turned to marriage, the two of them seemed to return to square one. It felt like they were constantly circling an unreachable point.
But Seo Rin couldn’t give up.
She didn’t want to hurt this blindly devoted man again.
To prevent that, she had to steadily lower his expectations to minimize the hurt he’d receive. But it seemed like she had misspoken.
The man, who had been leaning on the steering wheel, slowly rose.
With that, a reddish shadow and a strong pheromone filled the confined space of the car.
She had momentarily forgotten.
Just how dangerous this man was.
But it seemed too late for regrets. His fluctuating aura had already reached her, giving her no chance to avoid it.
So close that she could see her own reflection in his black pupils.
From such a dangerous distance, he whispered as if hypnotizing her again.
“Because back then, I wasn’t hot enough to melt you.”
Every time he opened his mouth, a sweet breath, as if melting honey, seeped into her lips.
The breath that seeped in spread hotly, as if melting her body.
“But now… I’m overflowing with heat.”
She knew. He didn’t need to say it.
“Do you want to see? Just how hot I am.”
However, it seemed he had no intention of ending with words.
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
