After Haejun left the room, Mrs. Park appeared belatedly. Mrs. Park, who had just returned from going out, entered the dining room without changing, noticing her familiar shoes at the entrance.
“Oh, Taeyeon and Dojun are here.”
Mrs. Park sat at the dining table in her casual outfit, took Taeyeon’s hand, and wiped it carefully.
“If I knew you were coming, I wouldn’t have gone out and come straight home.”
“No, Mom. We just arrived.”
“Really? Taeyeon has suffered a lot because of that absurd incident.”
Mrs. Park treated Taeyeon as if she were her own daughter.
“That guy, if he appears in front of my eyes…”
It seemed like Mrs. Park was about to say something harsh, but she became aware of Chairman Cha next to her and changed it into a sly smile.
Taeyeon cheerfully responded to Mrs. Park, assuring her that Dojun had handled everything well.
“Daring to touch our daughter-in-law. Is he sane or insane?”
Chairman Cha responded with a big laugh to Mrs. Park’s refreshing words.
“He’s probably insane. So, he must have thrown such a small pebble at KK Group.”
“Right, dear?”
A few days ago, when Mrs. Park visited Baeksangjae, she saw Taeyeon looking a bit more haggard than before and just felt sorry for her.
“Our Taeyeon, are you eating well?”
“Yes, of course. Mrs. Choi’s cooking is always delicious.”
“Is that so?”
Taeyeon hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“Anything I eat with Dojun is delicious.”
“Oh my, really?”
Although it was a trivial remark, whenever Taeyeon spoke, Mrs. Park reacted favorably with a kind response.
“It’s strange. Our son is famous for eating tastelessly.”
“Mom.”
Dojun called out to Mrs. Park as if asking her to stop, but her eyes seemed to see only Taeyeon.
“I don’t know how much I nagged after seeing him eat so poorly just to survive.”
Taeyeon laughed, covering her mouth with her hand.
“I didn’t know that. When Dojun is with me, he always eats so deliciously.”
“That’s really fortunate. Everything seems good when Taeyeon is around, our Dojun.”
Mrs. Park continued to ask Taeyeon trivial questions, looking at her as if she were adorable.
Watching Mrs. Park, Taeyeon’s heart was filled with two emotions.
It was so fortunate to have Mrs. Park as a mother-in-law, and at the same time, why couldn’t Chairman Jin Dong Phil and Hye Sook, her biological parents, appreciate her like this when even her mother-in-law adored her so much?
Bitterness and gratitude.
These two mixed emotions filled her heart.
As the night deepened, the wrinkles on Chairman Jin Dong Phil’s forehead became even more pronounced.
To maintain the business, investment was urgently needed from anywhere, but I heard stories that one cannot invest everywhere, especially in well-known places. The only place I trusted was the KK Group, tied by family bonds. However, it seemed like they were cruelly rejecting investments, even more so than others. With these thoughts, Chairman Jin Dong Phil continued to drink heavily.
“Is my phone not being answered anymore?”
For a few days now, whenever I tried to contact Taeyeon, I only heard a voicemail stating that I couldn’t receive the call.
“No matter what, it’s like that. How are you trying to sever destiny?”
Taeyeon, who isn’t even my real daughter.
Chairman Jin Dong Phil, who mentioned destiny only when it was absolutely necessary, sighed and checked the calendar on his desk. It was a date that had lost its connection with Chairman Jin Dong Phil after Taeyeon and Dojun got separated.
“If she insists on not getting a divorce for real…”
There’s no other way.
After parting with Dojun, sending Taeyeon away to another wealthy man seemed to be the best option at the moment. However, unable to decide on this or that, the distress only deepened.
At that moment.
Knock-knock—someone knocked on Chairman Jin Dong Phil’s study door.
“Who is it?”
Opening the door and revealing a sly smile, it was Taejin.
“I came to have a drink with you, Dad.”
Taejin entered the study with an empty glass in his hand.
On a day like today, there was no energy to mix words with Taejin, who came out to speak.
Taejin spoke up.
“Dad, did you hear about it?”
“What story?”
“The new business Taeyeon was in charge of. It was recently leaked, and it caused a stir.”
“What?”
Chairman Jin Dong Phil either didn’t know or raised his voice on purpose.
“But it seems like Chadojun resolved it quickly.”
Chairman Jin Dong Phil showed a somewhat ambiguous expression, not particularly happy or sad.
“But maybe Chadojun also had suspicions about Taeyeon.”
Taejin added that the relationship between the two might not be as strong as before.
“When Taeyeon met him before, did she say she’s getting a divorce?”
At those words, Chairman Jin Dong Phil let out a deep sigh.
“She said she would resist it.”
“What? Why?”
Chairman Jin Dong Phil chuckled.
Now thinking about it, he was so foolish not to have made any preparations before marrying her.
Before getting married, he didn’t even leave any contracts with Taeyeon, thinking at the time that she would naturally want a divorce.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
