It was a shocking result for them who had thought they had already won, and the despair was indescribable.
No one among the directors could move as President Baek was as still as a statue. They couldn’t even open their mouths to offer words of consolation due to the caution.
In the suffocating atmosphere, President Baek moistened his dry mouth with the water in front of him and lifted his gaze.
Tae Joon appeared. He looked much brighter than his dimly lit image in the photo.
Furthermore, with his fine features for a man and a smiling face, he could disarm anyone if not careful.
But now, President Baek knew. He knew that behind that smile lurked a face so wicked it could make one’s teeth chatter.
Tae Joon rose slowly and approached Seo Rin.
Knowing their relationship, President Baek silently watched them, but low whispers escaped from the directors seated behind him.
“Wait, they knew each other? How?”
“Didn’t the president say he had a meeting with The MG? Then, did Vice President Baek contact The MG first?”
“It seems so. There can’t be such an unbelievable twist otherwise…”
“How on earth did he persuade The MG? Anyway, he’s certainly lucky.”
Everyone whispered a word or two about the shocking situation, but Director Hwang quickly took care of President Baek.
“President, let’s get up. There’s no reason to stay here anymore…”
Creak!
Thinking that the most shocked person here was President Baek, Director Hwang tried to help him out.
But before Director Hwang could reach out his hand, he quickly pulled back upon seeing the water bottle that President Baek had just been drinking from being crushed effortlessly in his grip.
“Ha! Look… look at that!”
“How could he do that!”
“That’s… impossible!”
The directors’ whispers, unable to articulate properly from the shock, echoed, and the eyes of President Baek, who had been staring at one place all along, became even fiercer.
Was there another surprise when the results of the shareholders’ meeting were already heartdropping enough?
Director Hwang, following President Baek’s gaze, suddenly held his breath.
The shocking spectacle, which even the surprising shareholders’ meeting results couldn’t compete with, daringly attempted to make his soul leave his body.
“No, no. How can this be…”
After the shareholders’ meeting ended and people were bustling out, Seo Rin calmly rose from her seat after tidying up her place.
She could see President Baek, sitting like a lost soul, but she didn’t want to offer him any words of comfort.
Everyone reaps what they sow, he had opened the gates of hell with his own hands, so she intended to leave him to struggle in it for a while.
Then, from over there, Tae Joon rose and approached her.
He had been beaming throughout the shareholders’ meeting, but now he openly laughed.
“I told you, I’d come before it’s too late.”
“I didn’t know that’s what you meant. Looking at you now, Tae Joon, you seem to have a knack for tormenting people.”
“You know, I’m born with skills in everything.”
It was an incredibly arrogant response.
But Seo Rin didn’t find his response annoying. No, his arrogance was so endearing that it made her laugh.
She had never felt so reassured by someone before. It was a very unfamiliar feeling for Seo Rin, who had always fought her battles alone.
“But you know this isn’t the end, right? From what I saw today, it’s more serious than I thought.”
“What is?”
“How can there not be a single person among those directors who supports you? I thought there would be at least one or two.”
“……”
“Shouldn’t at least those loyal to the late chairman support you?”
Tae Joon, as if he found the actions of the directors utterly repugnant, casually leaned on the desk and crossed his arms, openly looking at them.
No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t understand. How could so many directors unanimously support President Baek?
But the answer was clear.
“In the end, it’s a fight where sides need to be chosen. The minor father had no intention of coexisting with me. So, which side would be more advantageous?”
“Are you taking sides?”
“No, I’m just blaming myself for a moment. I’m not good at politics. I thought if I did well, I’d be recognized, since I joined the company at a young age. So, I ran desperately without looking back. But ability isn’t everything in business.”
“……”
“Business is politics, too. In that respect, I have to admit that the minor father is born for it. He made a great effort to bring my father’s people to his side during my father’s illness.”
As she said this, her gaze turned towards someone. Tae Joon followed her gaze and looked at a middleaged man standing behind President Baek.
Feeling Seo Rin’s gaze, the man quickly lowered his head as if to avoid it, like a person who had committed a capital crime.
“Even people who seem unchangeable… seem powerless in front of wealth and power. But I don’t blame them.”
“Right. In today’s world, there’s no one who would bet their career on the losing side in the name of honor and principle. At least not until now……”
He deliberately trailed off, slowly rising from his casual lean, and approached.
He seemed like a top predator who had been lazily lying down, now stretching in preparation for a hunt.
As he approached, he cast a large black shadow and reached out to her.
“But it will be different from now on. From this moment on… you will be on the winning side.”
“……”
“From now on, they will have to line up in front of you. To survive, or to protect what they have.”
His finger, which had been caressing her cheek, lingered on her slender jawline and then lightly brushed against her plump lips.
At that, her lips parted slightly without her realizing.
A pheromone scent intensified along with a gaze that felt suffocating.
“Tae Joon, this is……”
Seo Rin instinctively sensed something and tried to step back, but it was already too late.
A familiar heat spread around him. And that heat also entwined her, who was trying to escape, eventually infecting her.
She couldn’t move.
Despite knowing she shouldn’t, she was wrapped around him.
“There’s just one thing you need to do for that.”
“……”
“Show them… what you have.”
His low voice landed in her ear like a spell.
His voice echoed in her brain like tinnitus.
What she needed to show to become a winner. But she thought she had already shown everything. It was just that it wasn’t able to surpass President Baek’s experience and knowhow.
Was there something more to show?
If so, what could it possibly be?
“What… do I have?”
At the whispered question that flowed out, his lips lightly landed on hers.
Peck.
A brief, but intense kiss.
Yet, he didn’t stop there and let his belated answer flow onto her lips.
“That is… me.”
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
