Jihan sat at a high-end bar, tilting his glass of alcohol.
Already, emptied whiskey bottles were lined up in front of him.
Despite his continuous attempts to meet Mujin, every time he visited the office, he felt avoided.
Today, upon hearing the secretary’s words that Mujin had left work, he had to turn away again.
The cold gaze that had been directed at him in Pyeongchang-dong kept lingering in his mind.
Not only Mujin but Mingook was the same.
Even though he had recently left for a long overseas business trip, Mingook refused to meet with him.
“……This is driving me crazy.”
Even after consuming strong liquor continuously, he couldn’t get drunk, only the vivid image of Serin being arrested remained clear.
“Ha….”
He was drawn to Serin’s sparkling, shining pupils and the voice that melted his heart.
Unlike the many conceited women he had met, there was a pure aspect to her.
Their relationship had started as a mere joke.
Despite knowing that it shouldn’t be, he fell for the charm of Serin, who was different from the rigid and tough others.
Although the relationship with Yejin was packaged as an old agreement between the two chairmen, it ultimately became a business alliance between the two families.
Like expanding business within the group, they held an engagement ceremony, weighing the pros and cons.
Jihan recalled the days he had lived desperately to climb to the position of the heir.
He had lived, always watching his steps, not stepping out of the eyes of Mujin and Mingook.
For Jihan, Serin was the only escape.
However, that one indiscretion turned into an arrow and pierced him unexpectedly.
He was exhausted to the point where he couldn’t bear it while sober.
Drinking in gulps, he quickly picked up an empty glass and started drinking from the bottle.
“Curses.”
Even though the throat felt like it was burning, he didn’t get drunk.
Mujin had indirectly expressed a desire to meet Serin through Jihan.
“Is the child growing well? I heard you two have started living together. I want to see them soon.”
Jihan was delighted that Mujin seemed interested in his child.
Approving Serin felt like gaining approval from Mujin himself.
Recalling that time made Jihan’s chest ache again.
So, when he learned that Serin had arranged a contract killing, Jihan tried to cover it up.
Jung, who had been in charge of his work for ten years, was nothing compared to Serin, so Jihan was ready to abandon Jung for Serin.
‘But what if it wasn’t a pregnancy?’
Images of Serin pretending to have a non-existent child flashed before him.
“How could she do such a thing….”
The glass Jihan held trembled dangerously, as if it would shatter at any moment.
Having deceived himself like that, even in prison, Serin relentlessly called him through her lawyer for support.
This afternoon, due to the persistent requests of the lawyer pleading for a joint meeting just once, I visited the detention center. I was about to warn them that I had no intention of looking back and that they should resolve it on their own.
‘I didn’t expect to meet them there.’
As I finished parking and was about to get out of the car, I noticed Yeojin approaching Jaeha.
When Jaeha’s gaze met mine, it seemed as if she was boldly embracing Yeojin.
At that moment, Jihan’s insides boiled.
If Jaeha hadn’t returned from the United States, my wife would have been Yeojin by now.
If that were the case, I wouldn’t be entangled in Serin’s troublesome solicitation murder, and the merger with W Group would have gone smoothly.
Thinking about the past, Jihan’s anger, which never subsided, flared up.
‘Everything is Jaeha’s fault.’
Since Jaeha’s return, Jihan’s life had been uneventful.
As he thought of Jaeha, who was supposed to be his wife now, Jihan’s anger rose again.
‘All because of that bastard, Jaeha.’
Just as he was about to pick up a glass to quench the deep thirst that surged when he thought of Jaeha, a door that had been closed opened.
“Who just came in without permission….”
As I lifted my head to check who had come in without permission, Jaeha and my gaze met.
Sparks flew from Jihan’s eyes as he stared at him.
“How did you find out about this place? And I didn’t give you permission to come in.”
“…….”
“Get out.”
However, even after hearing the order to leave, Jaeha came right up to the table where Jihan was sitting.
“What are you doing? Didn’t you hear me tell you to get out?”
Even though Jihan expressed his discomfort all over his body, Jaeha casually sat in the chair opposite him.
There was no emotion on his face as he sat close and faced each other.
Jihan was dumbfounded by Jaeha’s inexplicable appearance.
Staring at Jihan in silence, Jaeha finally spoke.
“As you know everything about my daily life, I’m also well aware of where you are.”
“Ha?”
Seeing Jaeha, who openly talked about hiring someone to watch him, Jihan couldn’t help but chuckle.
He had told him to secretly watch, did that mean he heard about assigning Director Kim?
Jihan was surprised, but he tried to erase the expression as if nothing had happened.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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