Haejun listened to Dojun’s story, tilting his head back and laughing heartily.
“Oh, dear. Caught, huh?”
Without being flustered or denying that he had never done such a thing, it was a moment when the reason for forcefully proceeding with it, knowing that Dojun would find out, stood out.
Haejun just chuckled shamelessly with a shameless face.
While placing hanwoo (Korean beef) on the grill, Haejun spoke with a husky voice.
“I was just fooling around during that time, all this while.”
Thinking that it was Taeyeon, he stupidly followed behind Taejin.
Still, it wasn’t without its gains.
For Haejun, meeting a woman more cunning than expected was fortunate.
Dojun stared at Haejun, who was like that, with indifferent eyes.
Feeling the gaze penetrating my face, Haejun continued speaking nonchalantly.
“I thought you were living a double life as a chaebol’s wife’s secret lover.”
Haejun stared at Dojun while holding tongs in the air.
“Initially, I wondered if your wife was living so recklessly, making me hurry back home.”
It was true.
However, this was a story from a time when he didn’t know much about Taeyeon.
“But then again, I don’t know. When I was recklessly pursuing Jintaejin. Your wife might have secretly had an affair behind my back.”
Haejun was scratching Dojun gently, waiting for a reaction.
“Shall I properly investigate your wife’s background?”
“Leave out the nonsense.”
Dojun, who couldn’t be swayed by such trivial tricks, calmly selected the deliciously grilled beef onto his plate as if he didn’t hear anything.
“Moreover, the pictures I gathered for blackmail have become useless, so my brother must be very disappointed.”
Ignoring Dojun, who seemed indifferent like he hadn’t heard anything, Haejun grinned slightly as he listened to the soothing voice of Dojun who seemed genuinely worried.
“And even if my brother had followed my wife properly, he wouldn’t have gained anything.”
Dojun, with conviction, trusted his wife, which irritated Haejun’s eyes.
It seemed like just yesterday when they lived like a newlywed couple without having a proper wedding.
Haejun couldn’t understand where that kind of trust came from as Dojun, who believed in his wife, continued to speak.
“Knowing that trusting people is the most foolish thing, it’s even more surprising that Cha Dojun is like this.”
“People? I don’t trust.”
Haejun raised his eyebrows as if asking what he was talking about.
“But I believe in love.”
“Huh.”
Dojun glanced at the grilled beef on the plate and then pointed to the empty grill with his chin.
“Just keep grilling the meat. It has to be fed to our Taeyeon.”
Ignoring Haejun, who seemed foolishly open-mouthed, Dojun moved away and quickly approached.
He placed the plate in front of Taeyeon, who was engaged in a lively conversation with Chairman Cha and Mrs. Park.
“Please eat a lot. You must have been hungry since morning because of me.”
Chairman Cha and Mrs. Park, as if ignoring everything else, were the only ones in Dojun’s sight.
With Dojun’s words, the warm moments from the morning naturally unfolded in front of his eyes.
Without anyone saying anything or uttering explicit words, he just felt embarrassed for no reason.
“In the morning, Dojun and I talked about work a bit.”
So, bringing up a story that no one asked about, Taeyeon awkwardly smiled.
In response to the mention of working even on a weekend, Chairman Cha naturally scolded Dojun.
“Haha, Dojun, no matter how good the job is, that’s not right. Shouldn’t you spend your weekends with Saega next to you?”
Dojun smiled as if unfairly treated.
“I’m not enjoying my work these days.”
“What?”
Dojun looked at Taeyeon, who was staring at him, and grinned.
“I find spending time with my wife too enjoyable.”
“Oh my.”
Mrs. Park, while slightly pushing Chairman Cha’s arm, smiled approvingly.
Chairman Cha also had a face full of surprise at Dojun’s unexpected appearance.
“Thank goodness. Well, Dojun, family should always come first rather than boring work.”
“Yes, that’s right. I didn’t know why Chairman Cha was singing wedding songs without having a proper wedding back then.”
Now Dojun seemed to understand the reason.
“I didn’t know that having someone on my side who believes in me would be so reassuring.”
Taeyeon smiled brightly while looking at Dojun.
It was a perfect scene of a couple deeply in love.
Haejun, in the distance, just stared at them like a stranger in front of the blazing grill.
“Dad, you should eat quickly; you have an appointment as the mayor.”
Taeyeon pushed the plate toward Chairman Cha.
When Dojun pulled the plate back in front of Taeyeon, he whispered affectionately.
“Chairman Cha has long arms, so it’s okay to leave it here. Let’s leave it for him.”
“Haha, right, let Saega put it there comfortably.”
“No. It should be placed near Dad and Mom.”
Now, it was a family laughing together about where to put a small plate.
Mrs. Park looked at Dojun with a genuinely surprised expression.
“Honey, who would have thought our Dojun would turn out like this?”
“That’s right.”
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.”
