I'll Marry Your Brother (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 9
“I feel the same way.”
It was my reply to Ji Han, who had asked why I was with his older brother.
His eyes, which had trembled faintly for just a moment, suddenly stilled as if nothing had happened.
‘You truly are bold until the very end.’
Watching Ji Han lift his chin even more firmly, a bitter ache twisted inside me.
It was infuriating—having to witness my fiancé’s infidelity again, just as I had in my past life.
“We’re seated right next to each other anyway—it’s practically the same as sitting together.”
Jae Ha spoke first, breaking the heavy silence that had settled over us.
He looked intrigued, his eyes gleaming with curiosity at the situation.
“Let’s just share the table.”
My fiancé, his older brother, and a close junior—it would’ve been even more awkward to sit separately.
Yet this was the outcome I wanted least. I never expected we’d end up facing each other like lions in a standoff.
Naturally, the four of us sat down around the pre-arranged circular table.
Despite the restaurant’s fame for its excellent food, I couldn’t bring myself to touch a single dish.
Aside from the occasional clink of cutlery, no conversation passed between us around the table.
Unlike the surrounding ambiance—where music and murmured chats blended harmoniously—only oppressive silence flowed at ours.
Seo Rin’s face remained rigidly tense, as though she were sitting on thorns.
But what caught my eye most was the dress she was wearing.
“So you bought that outfit.”
“…?”
Startled by my sudden voice breaking the silence, Seo Rin lifted her head.
When our eyes met, I gave her a faint smile.
“I thought it was my gift you’d picked out—but it’s actually yours, huh?”
She was wearing a dress with an overly flashy pattern.
It was one of the outfits Seo Rin had chosen at the luxury boutique in the department store last time.
Her cheeks began to flush slowly.
“I knew it wasn’t my style. You should’ve just said so, Seo Rin.”
She set down the cutlery she’d been holding with trembling hands onto the table.
Since she’d confidently used my fiancé’s credit card, she couldn’t possibly deny it now.
“I picked something you wouldn’t normally buy with your own money—since it was a promotional item and all…”
She gestured subtly toward a couple passing by our table.
Seeing another woman wearing the exact same dress, her lips quivered.
“I keep seeing people wearing that dress every day. But if it’s your taste, I guess that makes sense.”
Her words carried a heavy implication: that the dress suited someone of her standards perfectly.
She seemed to grasp my meaning instantly—her hand gripping the tablecloth trembled.
“Ji Han must owe you a lot, then? He still had your card.”
I abruptly shifted my target to Ji Han.
His previously motionless, calm expression suddenly turned icy.
I saw Seo Rin, her face burning red, hurriedly slide her shaking hands under the table.
When my eyes met hers—still drifting helplessly through the air—I offered her a gentle smile.
“Oh, it’s a misunderstanding.”
A misunderstanding of what? Ji Han stared back at me with a hardened expression.
From between his tightly sealed lips escaped a low, subdued voice.
“I asked her to pick out your gift. Seo Rin went through the trouble of running errands in my place. I wanted to repay her kindness—but felt guilty offering just that one dress.”
His eyes, fixed on me, were sharper than usual.
“As you said, it didn’t cost much. So I thought I’d treat her to a drink today to properly express my thanks.”
He met my gaze steadily, his eyes infuriatingly calm, and asked,
“Does that answer satisfy you?”
A faint smile played at the corners of his lips, as if reciting a well-rehearsed reply.
‘Of course—that’s exactly what I expected you’d say.’
I nodded toward him as he gazed straight at me with a steady smile.
I smiled as though nothing were wrong, though in truth, I felt sick to my stomach.
The moment I faced the two of them, my empty stomach twisted uncomfortably.
“Your answer is very neat. Thank you, Seo Rin—and you too.”
“….”
“My fiancé and my close junior picked it out together, after all… I should certainly look forward to the gift, shouldn’t I?”
Then, my eyes suddenly met Jae Ha’s, seated across from me.
As if sensing my mood, he refilled my wine glass the moment I emptied it completely.
I turned my head away from Jae Ha, who watched me with a relaxed smile.
“And by the way—I’d like to return to my broadcasting job.”
I dropped this bombshell toward Ji Han, who was lifting his knife.
The unexpected new topic made Ji Han freeze mid-air with his knife.
“Isn’t that matter already over?”
“Eun Jin said she’d gladly help me. And you know the Head of Department—he’s utterly smitten with Eun Jin.”
Eun Jin was my distant relative and the Head of Department’s wife.
“I’ll make it happen—I’m returning as the anchor for News 9.”
He slammed the knife down on the table with a loud thud, clearly furious.
“Yoon Yeo Jin.”
At that moment,
Seo Rin, who had been silently observing the situation like a mouse, suddenly couldn’t take it anymore and abruptly stood up, pushing her chair back.
Everyone’s gaze, previously fixed on me, now turned to her as she rose from her seat.
I saw her slender hand resting on the table trembling visibly.
“…I’ll go to the restroom for a moment.”
As she spun around abruptly, her hand knocked over the wine glass beside her.
Crash.
The sound of shattering glass was followed by spilled wine soaking into my pristine white blouse, staining it crimson.
“Oh—what do I do? I’m so sorry, unnie! What should I do?”
She looked utterly flustered, at a loss over having spilled wine on me.
Her expression was excessively dramatic.
The spilled wine had soaked not only my blouse but seemingly my undergarments as well.
An unreadable emotion flickered across Jae Ha’s previously expressionless face as he watched the scene.
“I should go to the restroom instead.”
He cast a cold glance at Seo Rin—who was making an even bigger fuss after causing the mess—and turned away.
Only the sound of rushing water filled the space.
I tried hard to erase the stain, but the red mark on my blouse remained unchanged.
‘Do I really have to go back out looking like this?’
Just as I pulled my hands away from the sink and reached for a tissue to dry them,
the restroom door slid open, and a familiar figure approached with loud, clacking heels.
“Unnie, are you okay?”
I saw Seo Rin staring at me intently through the mirror.
At her feigned concern with that detestable face, I let out a hollow laugh.
“Do I look okay?”
“What should we do? Your clothes are ruined. Even that precious dignity you always talk about is completely crumpled now—what will you do?”
Though her reply was laced with sarcasm, her face beamed brightly as she looked at me.
She must have deliberately knocked over the glass—only someone truly shameless could land such a blow while smiling so naturally.
“But.”
Her honeyed voice stopped me as I tried to brush past her after drying my hands.
Seo Rin, arms crossed and staring at me fixedly, asked,
“Are you really going back to work?”
So that’s why she followed me here—just to ask this.
Her eyes, filled with a bright smile directed at me, trembled faintly.
“Yeah.”
“…Ha.”
She let out a quiet laugh.
“I guess I really am cut out to be an anchor. After a short break, I already miss working.”
“But there won’t be a position open… They’ve already chosen the next anchor.”
After all, she had been officially selected as the new anchor for the revamped News 9.
Confident that the current vacancy was rightfully hers, Seo Rin’s eyes sparkled.
True to her status as the heir of the Ho Jin Group’s supported candidate, she was audaciously bold.
“We’ll see when the time comes. Why call someone a candidate if they weren’t meant to compete?”
Even if you’re Seo Ji Han’s beloved lover, that man still won’t let me go so easily.
When I overturn the entire game, he’ll have no choice but to follow my decision.
“Do as you please.”
Seo Rin paused briefly, then soon wore a relaxed smile.
It was the calm of someone already certain of victory.
“I just worry you’ll end up wasting your effort for nothing, unnie.”
“What wasted effort? I simply want to return to work. Still, thanks for worrying.”
Since her provocation didn’t faze me at all, I smiled.
My composed, easygoing reply seemed to sting her—she bit down hard on her lower lip.
Brushing past Seo Rin, who stood there with a frustrated expression, I left the restroom.
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.
.
I returned to the table with Seo Rin.
The tension between the two men sitting opposite each other felt unusually charged—as if they’d just engaged in a silent battle.
‘I should go home.’
I didn’t want to stay any longer in this state and was about to say I’d leave.
At the sound of my approach, both men simultaneously raised their heads.
As I walked toward the window seat, countless eyes from around the restaurant burned into my back.
‘I died and came back to life—what’s a little attention like this?’
I muttered to myself, brushing it off.
Knowing Seo Rin was probably sneering at me inwardly, I walked with even more poise.
Just as I reached my seat to pick up my bag,
a heavy jacket gently landed on my shoulders.
Surprised by the sudden shadow falling over me, I froze in place.
Jae Ha’s broad chest blocked my view—and shielded me from everyone’s stares.
“Stay still.”
Jae Ha turned me around before I could leave and spoke in a deep tone.
I slowly lifted my head, our eyes meeting at a distance so close we could almost touch.
“This won’t do.”
Again, that familiar, heavy scent of his presence filled the air.
“Go wait in my room.”
At first, I thought I’d misheard.
‘…What did he say?’
But his eyes, fixed on me, were utterly serious.
Jae Ha’s low voice made even Seo Rin—who had been heading back to her seat—stop in her tracks.
His intense gaze pinned me in place, leaving me unable to move.
Behind him, Ji Han’s expression turned cold.
‘His room…? A hotel room?’
“I’ll buy you new clothes.”
His eyes clearly warned me not to think anything improper.
Jae Ha, who had been watching me stiffly from his seat, slowly lifted the corners of his lips into a smile.
Now I finally understood his intention.
Even if my fiancé had risen from the dead, there were things he couldn’t do—like lead me out of this hotel right now, leaving Chae Seo Rin behind.
‘How could Seo Ji Han possibly leave now—when Seo Rin looks like she’ll burst into tears if he chooses me?’
‘You’re clever, Seo Jae Ha.’
“Don’t misunderstand—I’m actually staying at this hotel.”
Jae Ha addressed Ji Han, who had just stood up abruptly with a twisted expression.
He had clearly crossed a line—and crossed it thoroughly.
Ji Han glared at Jae Ha with sharp eyes as he continued speaking.
“It’s fine, right? I can at least do this much for my future sister-in-law.”
Jae Ha’s smile brimmed with confidence as he posed this one-sided question, not even waiting for Ji Han’s reply.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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not the Side piece saying Well duh she would know
not the Side piece saying Well duh she would know
Seorin, you don’t have the talent to beat her. Without this cheater backing you. No one would even notice you.
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he getting a little jealooooous
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he getting a little jealooooous