“Why is that? I don’t know why I’m the one getting excited about revealing the truth about your mother’s case, sir. I’m so excited too, I can’t imagine how you must feel. Please look through this and if there isn’t a suitable candidate, let me know. I’ll broaden the scope.”
“Okay. Thank you. I’ll look through this, so you can leave for today.”
“Already?”
“Isn’t it past the time to leave?”
“When have I ever had a proper time to come and go? But today, time is flying. Why is that?”
“Time flies. I think I did too much work today, so my head hurts.”
At his complaint, Sodam nodded and picked up her bag and jacket.
“Then, see you tomorrow.”
“Tomorrow’s the weekend. Let’s take a break. Have a date with my beloved wife.”
“Oh, right! Then I’ll see you next week!”
As she cheerfully waved and left, he watched her go with a warm smile, as if looking at a younger sister.
After she disappeared, he turned his gaze back to the map of Police Chief Heo Kyung Jun’s network, but his cell phone on the desk started to vibrate.
It was Director Park.
“Yes, honey……”
[Hello, this is Director Park. I think you need to go to the suite room at Jeil Hotel right now!]The voice of Director Park on the other end of the phone was unusually breathless. The tone of his voice was so urgent that it was palpable.
“What’s the matter?”
[I’ll explain once you get going right now!]At the urgent voice, Tae Joon was already standing up and grabbing his jacket.
He didn’t know why he reacted so reflexively.
But he sensed danger instinctively from Director Park’s voice.
What could possibly make Director Park call him in such a breathless state? It must be related to Seo Rin. Knowing that, his instinct moved before his reason.
As he picked up his car keys and came out, he ran into Sodam waiting for the elevator. She tried to say something in surprise, but seeing Tae Joon’s stern expression while on the call, she closed her mouth.
Instead, she joined him in the elevator and pressed the button for the floor where his car was parked.
“I’m on my way. Let’s hear it now. What happened to Seo Rin? Is that so?”
[Yes. If my guess is right, it would be. I can’t be sure yet.]“What happened?”
[Jo Min Hyung, who was your exfiancé, attended the gathering you went to today.]“So what? Aren’t Seo Rin and Jo Min Hyung over? Well, their paths may cross from time to time, but he cheated and got a divorce, is there any other reason they shouldn’t meet?”
That had been bothering him all along.
The blame for the divorce was on Jo Min Hyung, and it was rumored that he cheated, but he had a hunch that there was something more from the way Director Park was reacting with alarm.
And that something was never good.
And such a premonition had never been wrong.
[Yes, he cheated. Of course, that was enough reason for a divorce, but there was a real issue. Jo Min Hyung was sued. For sexual assault.]“What… did you say?”
Tae Joon doubted his ears. He wished he had heard it wrong. But he confirmed once again that there was nothing wrong with his hearing.
[But in the end, the lawsuit was dropped. Due to insufficient evidence. I wondered if Jo Min Hyung had silenced the woman with money. You met the woman in person, but there really was no decisive evidence. Just the woman’s desperate assertion. But you said this. A woman knows a woman. Those women were too desperate.]“……”
[There was no evidence, but you believed the woman’s words. Of course, legally, there was no evidence, so the reason for divorce was announced as just a common affair, but the inside story is that. That guy, he’s a sexual offender. A criminal.]As soon as his words ended, the elevator doors opened. As Tae Joon got into the car, Sodam, who had sensed the seriousness at his side, gave up going home and got into the passenger seat.
But he didn’t bother to dissuade Sodam. No, he might not have been in the right mind to dissuade her.
“I’m leaving now. You said it’s the suite room at the Best Hotel, right?”
[Yes. Please get there as soon as possible. It’s a place where I can’t enter, and it’s still an inaccurate guess, so if I move rashly, it might make things more difficult for you.]“I see. But no matter how crazy that guy is, would he dare to harm Seo Rin?”
He didn’t expect any humanity from Jo Min Hyung. The one he trusted was none other than Seo Rin.
But soon even that belief would shatter to pieces.
[Jo Min Hyung has Ketamine.]“Ketamine? What’s that?”
[It’s like a sleeping anesthetic.]In an instant, Tae Joon closed his eyes in rising anger. This guy, he was truly insane.
“Is that true?”
[Yes. I’m certain. I saw the drug deal in the hotel basement parking lot, and I caught the guy who was selling the drugs. Why would you need such a drug in a place where all the second generation chaebols, who are said to be up and coming, gather? He obviously bought it to use on you. That bastard, he’s still a man after all.]“Got it. I’m leaving now. It should take about 30 minutes. But where is Director Park right now?”
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
