“No, there’s no need for that. I’ll manage. Yeon Du is eight years old now, isn’t she? It’s the perfect age to need her dad. Go home early today and play with Yeon Du.”
“What will you do without me? Should I leave the car?”
“No, take the car. I can’t drive anyway because I’m going to drink.”
Nodding his head, Manager Park quickly got out of the driver’s seat and opened the back door of the car for her.
Seo Rin stepped out. She always had something that drew attention, even without trying to stand out.
It was no exception now. She was simply wearing a modest suit with no revealing parts, but she could feel the gazes from around the hotel being drawn to her.
However, she moved her steps with a blank expression as if she didn’t care about such gazes. She stopped and turned to look at Manager Park, who was still standing still, and said something.
“Ah, Manager Park. I heard the cake at this hotel is amazing. It was all over social media. I ordered one at the café on the first floor, so pick it up.”
“Ah….”
“You’re getting off work early for once. It wouldn’t do for dad to go home emptyhanded. Go and eat it with Yeon Du and your wife.”
After a final glance at Manager Park, who stood frozen with a mix of emotions, Seo Rin entered the hotel lobby. However, instead of heading straight to the suite where the meeting was being held, she stopped by the lobby bathroom.
She faced her reflection in the bathroom mirror. It was her own ritual that she always performed before going to these meetings.
It was a gathering that required a lot of patience.
People who were part of her world, but a place where people different from her gathered.
In that place, Seo Rin was both the object of envy and the target of jealousy. The thought of receiving both attention and hatred exhausted her already.
However, she had to attend today.
The reason was to identify another candidate participating in the theme hotel site auction she was attending.
There were only two possible competitors for the site. Jeil and Pharaoh. And here was the fiancée of the eldest son of Pharaoh Hotel.
A woman she had known since childhood, yet completely different in temperament from Seo Rin.
A woman who could not mix with her like water and oil, Jo Ha Rim, the second daughter of Congressman Jo Seok Hyun.
Simpler than expected, Ha Rim was surprisingly easy to deal with. The problem was the people she had to put up with in order to face her.
“My head is already aching.”
It seemed like a migraine was approaching, but Seo Rin composed herself and washed her hands. Then she left the bathroom and got on the elevator.
When the elevator doors opened on the top floor, she saw robust men guarding the outside of the suite.
However, they did not stop her from heading towards the suite. They recognized her face as a founding member of this place.
Finally, the firmly closed suite door opened.
It was a completely different atmosphere from the solemn corridor.
A space filled with greed disguised as vibrant energy, and wicked ambition disguised as manners.
Seo Rin let out a small sigh in the suffocating atmosphere of the room. There, she quickly found her target.
Jo Ha Rim was at the center of where the wine glasses were being tilted, past the table where poker was being played.
As Seo Rin passed the entrance and revealed herself in the open space, gazes began to gather one by one.
“Uh, isn’t that Baek Seo Rin?”
“Is that so? Is it Seo Rin? You’ve been out of touch lately, what’s going on?”
Murmurs could be heard. However, she ignored them and approached the table where Ha Rim was.
Ha Rim, who had been sitting with her back turned, turned her head at the buzzing noise and became wideeyed like a startled rabbit upon seeing her.
“Oh my, who do we have here? It’s Seo Rin!”
“It’s been a while, hasn’t it?”
“Yes, it’s been too long! But out of all the days, I never thought I’d see you today.”
What’s this atmosphere?
Seo Rin sensed a peculiar nuance in Ha Rim’s words.
Out of all the days, why today?
What could this mean?
But even without asking, Seo Rin soon understood the meaning of those words.
A familiar scent of perfume grazed her nostrils.
A cool ocean scent, yet so intense it irritated her olfactory senses. That scent never failed to get on her nerves.
Of course, how could she forget. The man who taught her that the refreshing scent of the sea could turn into the worst stench.
Just as she thought, that nauseating scent was getting stronger when it left a warm breath on her nape and he let out his voice.
“That’s right, Baek Seo Rin. It’s been…too long for me too.”
Irritation flared in Seo Rin’s eyes as she recognized the identity.
“Sigh… Jo Min Hyung.”
It was a moment when discomfort surged as if a mess was overturned.
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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.
