Seo Yeon summoned each employee individually.
The person called was given an opportunity to provide their alibi, with their computer and cell phone set aside.
Their statements were immediately verified in the presence of an IT expert and a lawyer.
Employees had to open their emails and allow their phones to be checked on their own.
Seo Yeon wrote down the name of any employee whose activity even slightly seemed suspicious.
The process continued without break until Saturday evening.
Finally, Seo Yeon was able to guess who the culprit was. As soon as all investigations were completed, Seo Yeon convened the employees back to the conference room.
The atmosphere was noticeably more tense.
To maintain composure, Seo Yeon did nothing but look at her employees for five minutes without saying a word.
Some were sobbing, some were contemplating resigning, and some were shaking from the overwhelming tension.
However, Seo Yeon did not falter at all. Finally, as if the time had come, she clenched her fists and slowly opened her mouth.
“Come forward. You might be able to deceive others, but you cannot deceive yourself.”
But no one came forward.
“This is your last chance.”
Seo Yeon’s icy gaze fixed on one spot. Then, one person, unable to withstand the pressure, crumbled to their knees.
“I’m sorry. I committed a grave sin.”
As everyone’s gaze turned to one spot, Seo Yeon bit her lip hard.
“Please forgive me, just once. Sob.”
Disappointment? No, disappointment was too small a word to describe what Seo Yeon was feeling.
They had been an employee with whom she had shared jokes until recently.
Times they had struggled together, but a bitter betrayal for a bit of money.
If you needed money, you should have come to me for help. Then, I would have been willing to help.
Seo Yeon was not the kind of person to turn a blind eye to her employees’ hardships, and she even had the means to help.
In fact, she had experience helping employees who were going through hard times…
So why!
Why would you make such a ridiculous choice, casting doubt in my mind and giving me despair?
She wanted to ask, why did you abandon the design that was like a child to her, and delay the launch of new products, but even more so… why did you deceive me?
“I intend to see this through to the end.”
At Seo Yeon’s words, her teeth clenching, the employee lay flat on the floor.
“I will sue the shopping mall on Monday morning. Also, as of this time, assistant Ahn Hyun Ji has been dismissed. Leave, right now.”
“Boss, I was so confused by the scam that… It was a real mistake. Sob. I’m sorry. Please. Spare me just once.”
Seo Yeon raised both her hands as if she didn’t want to see any more, towards the employee who was crawling on his knees.
“Does being a victim of fraud give me the right to deceive others? Then what makes you and the scammer any different?”
Seo Yeon’s stern voice echoed through the conference room.
“From now on, every time a new product is launched, you will all suspect someone might steal it. That alone… it’s infuriating. So please accept your punishment.”
Her words and actions were so clear and firm as if they had been cut with a knife. She didn’t give any room for the pleas begging for mercy.
Seo Yeon asked for understanding from the other employees if she was overreacting.
Then she quickly left the meeting room after instructing everyone to leave work.
She walked down the dark corridor alone. Then Seo Yeon’s vision became blurry.
A sense of loss, as if she had lost something big, was tearing her heart apart.
As she came back to her office with her shoulders drooped and collapsed into her chair, tears began to fall.
No matter how much she wiped her tears away with her palm, tears kept welling up regardless of her will.
Seo Yeon, dizzy with her shaky vision, closed her eyes and leaned on the chair. Then, as if she had been waiting, hunger came.
‘Ah. I’ve been starving since Friday afternoon.’ She just realized that.
Seo Yeon was struggling, having not eaten for over a day. She couldn’t bear the fact that she had been betrayed by an employee she trusted, regardless of the amount of damage.
Haah…
Deep sighs kept coming out without a break, and her vision started to spin like she was on a roller coaster. Then she abruptly stood up from her seat.
“Kwon Yool!”
They promised to meet at the entrance of the park at noon on Saturday.
She completely forgot about their appointment because something happened on Friday afternoon.
How long must he have waited while she was out of touch? She unknowingly bit her lip at the thought of it.
9:30 pm.
A time when no excuse would work, Seo Yeon blamed herself.
Even if she was out of her mind, she should’ve sent at least one text. As she scolded herself for forgetting even when she was so angry her eyes were spinning, she looked for her cell phone.
Missed calls: 5
Messages: 10
Seo Yeon couldn’t bring herself to read the messages.
While ignoring the all too clear numbers, she just stared at the name ‘Kwon Yool’ listed in the missed calls.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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