Taeyeon’s dark brown eyes trembled slightly.
When Taeyeon was this close to Dojun, she couldn’t help but wonder what would happen if that door opened.
The thought made her heart race.
In contrast to Taeyeon’s demeanor, Dojun seemed remarkably calm.
“Even in the case of the new product leak, if you were just my wife and the heiress of KK Group, people wouldn’t have suspected it that much.”
Dojun felt it was all his fault.
These days, he couldn’t help but think that he should have persuaded Taeyeon a bit more and revealed their relationship from the beginning.
“I feel terribly sorry for not properly protecting you from the start.”
“No, it’s not Dojun’s fault.”
“So, your answer to my proposal is…”
Taeyeon didn’t respond easily.
Of course, Dojun knew his feelings.
But there was only one reason why he was so nervous about not getting caught in their relationship.
It was a relationship with an expiration date, a relationship that would end soon.
That’s why, revealing it now was poison for Dojun.
After the divorce and even if he left this company and went somewhere else, Dojun, who would eventually become the successor of KK Group, couldn’t afford to do that.
Taeyeon looked down at Dojun, who was staring at her with warm eyes.
“This decision is purely for you. You might not understand it now.”
Taeyeon swallowed the words she couldn’t bring out and shook her head.
“Not yet.”
“Why?”
“If we reveal it hastily like this…”
Taeyeon bit her lip for a moment before continuing.
“I’ll undoubtedly be misunderstood for rushing to solve the case just because I’m Dojun’s wife.”
“Ah…”
“If the employees think that Dojun supported me, that wouldn’t be good.”
Certainly, Taeyeon had rushed in to solve the case as his wife.
However, as worried as Taeyeon, there was also the possibility of misunderstanding that Dojun pretended not to know even if she had suspicions.
“I never thought that far.”
Taeyeon reached out and gently touched Dojun’s cheek.
“Not revealing our relationship doesn’t mean these feelings will disappear. Don’t be too impatient.”
Emotions wouldn’t disappear, but Taeyeon, while pressing down the thought that she could leave anytime, smiled sweetly.
Dojun also had a faint smile on his lips.
“Shall we go out now? It might look odd if we leave the room empty for too long.”
“Just a moment.”
Before leaving, Dojun didn’t easily let go of Taeyeon, as if he still had something he wanted to do.
“I hope you can give me some energy to endure the rest of the afternoon.”
“What?”
Dojun made a face as if asking if she didn’t know the secret, and he stared at Taeyeon.
Taeyeon chewed her lip for a moment, then lifted her gaze.
And just at the moment when Dojun was about to infuse his warmth into her lips.
Without warning, the restroom door swung wide open.
“Oh my!”
Taeyeon instinctively pushed Dojun aside, simultaneously staring at the wide-open restroom door.
“Taeyeon, what are you doing there?”
Fortunately, the person who entered the restroom was Yunji, Taeyeon’s closest colleague at the company.
“No, the president was here too.”
Yunji faced the incredibly strange scene, alternating her gaze between Taeyeon and Dojun.
“What are you two doing here?”
“The president thought something got into his eye.”
“Huh?”
“So, I was checking for him.”
Taeyeon awkwardly smiled.
Dojun, pulling up the corners of his stiff mouth, nodded slightly and left the restroom.
Taeyeon’s heart pounded as if it would burst.
If Yunji noticed something between them, what should she say?
The thought was driving her crazy.
Taeyeon lifted the coffee she had already brewed.
At that moment, Yunji, who had approached quietly, asked in a low voice.
“How was it?”
“What?”
Yunji’s face was like, “Why pretend you don’t know when I already know.”
Sweat trickled down Taeyeon’s spine.
‘What? Did she really catch on?’
Since Yunji had once wondered about a similar fragrance between her and Dojun, the anxiety doubled.
Yunji smiled broadly and continued, “How was it seeing the handsome face of the president up close?”
Taeyeon couldn’t answer for a moment and hesitated.
Of course, it was pleasant. But she couldn’t bring herself to say that.
“Oh, I didn’t get a good look.”
“You didn’t?”
“Yeah. The president seemed to be in pain, so I was focused on checking if something got into his eye.”
It was a clumsy excuse, and she was worried Yunji wouldn’t believe it.
“Really?”
That was the end of the conversation.
Taeyeon rolled her eyes awkwardly and, unable to ask a question or leave, lingered around Yunji.
While operating the coffee machine, Yunji asked, “By the way, what brought the president to this restroom?”
“Oh, I heard a rumor that the coffee here is good.”
“Our restroom coffee?”
“Yeah. Is that so strange?”
Yunji shrugged, looking incredulous.
“Isn’t there a better coffee machine in the president’s office?”
“Well, people have different tastes, right?”
“I guess.”
Yunji turned around, holding the now-empty coffee cup.
“Aren’t you coming out?”
“We should! Let’s go.”
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.”
