Her rapid and extraordinary promotion, far beyond her abilities, drove away three talented designers.
Kyung Joon, as the head of the secretariat and an internal director, closely watched every single step of the process right by Seung Oh’s side. As the things that Kang Hae Sun and Yoon Seo Ha had created and protected fell apart one by one, he too swallowed his bitter feelings.
His determination for the merger and acquisition, the goal, was still firm. Who in South Korea could go against Chairman Ryu’s will?
However, he needed to buy time now. He didn’t even want to imagine Yoon Seo Ha standing in front of the already sold company, lost in despair one day.
It would be better to fight each other over the merger and acquisition with Yoon Seo Ha, rather than steal it like a thief while Kang Hae Sun and Yoon Seo Ha lay helpless.
“I’ll go in. You can leave if it’s inconvenient.”
Upon arriving at the hospital, Lee Seung Oh spoke politely. If a stranger saw them, they might have thought Seung Oh was the secretary, not Ryu Kyung Joon.
“No, please take your time.”
Kyung Joon also showed superficial courtesy to Seung Oh.
As Seung Oh walked toward the hospital entrance, Lee Ji Soo clung to his arm.
Kyung Joon looked at them with a cold gaze before parking the car in the parking lot and taking the elevator. His destination was Yoon Seo Ha’s hospital room, which he had visited dozens, if not hundreds, of times.
“Ah, don’t do that. What will you do when the caregiver lady comes?”
“She went to eat, didn’t she? She won’t be back for at least an hour.”
“Still… Ahh!”
Disgusting conversation seeped through the closed door.
Kyung Joon clenched his fist. His white knuckles dug into his tender flesh.
Doctors and nurses appeared with charts in hand. Relieved, Kyung Joon bowed his head slightly in greeting and headed to the upper floor.
Knock, knock.
He knocked on the door, and after a moment, a reply came.
“Come in.”
Wearing patient clothes and sitting by the window, Kang Hae Sun looked no different from before. She was physically very healthy and carried herself gracefully.
“How are you today?”
“I’m very well. But…”
Kang Hae Sun smiled apologetically.
“I’m sorry, but who are you?”
It had already been three years since Yoon Seo Ha’s accident.
Kang Hae Sun was no longer the woman she once was, leading the company and commanding the executives all by herself. The unbearable shock had locked her in a time more than twenty years earlier when her precious daughter was just learning to walk.
“I’m the new secretary, Ryu Kyung Joon. I look forward to working with you, President.”
Kyung Joon repeated the same greeting he had given hundreds of times over the past three years.
“Ah, a young talent has joined our company. I’m the one who should be asking for your help, Secretary Ryu.”
Hae Sun suddenly looked at the clock on the wall and was startled.
“It’s already this late. Secretary Ryu, please tell Secretary Choi that I’m leaving early today. I promised my daughter I’d be home early for her birthday.”
The reason to leave early to meet Seo Ha changed every day. Because it was her birthday, because the weather was nice, because it was raining, because she wanted to buy her ice cream.
“Yoon Seo Ha is at her ballet class. I will pick her up later.”
But Hae Sun didn’t meet Seo Ha that day either.
“What’s my next appointment?”
“You have a meeting in an hour. Please take a break.”
“Thank you, Secretary Ryu.”
Kyung Joon bowed deeply and left the room. In the corridor outside the hospital room, Ok Soon, who had been talking to reporters, quickly approached him upon seeing him.
“Secretary Ryu, where is President Lee? The reporters are waiting, but we can’t get in touch with her.”
“She’s in Yoon Seo Ha’s room.”
“In that case… No, wait. Is Ji Soo with her too?”
“Yes.”
“I’ll have to go. Thanks!”
There were no bodyguards when he entered, and they still couldn’t be seen now. How on earth was security managed?
“I’ll have to fire them all and hire new ones.”
Kyung Joon, with his arms crossed, stood by the door and muttered to himself. The reporters who had been lurking around the hospital room pretended not to notice as he glared at them.
Her vision was completely white. Seo Ha slowly closed her eyes and then opened them again. As she blinked a few times, her consciousness gradually returned.
Hospital?
The white that filled her vision was none other than the hospital ceiling. She could also hear the quiet murmurs and footsteps of people coming and going.
She wanted to move her body, but it wasn’t responding well. It seemed like her body and mind were moving separately.
“Uh…”
A feeble, unfamiliar voice came from her parched lips. Still, she managed to make eye contact with the nurse who heard her and turned to look.
“Oh my!”
The nurse, startled, rushed over.
“Patient, are you conscious? Can you understand what I’m saying?”
Seo Ha weakly nodded her head. Soon, about ten medical staff, including the doctor, rushed over and surrounded her bed. She hadn’t realized it when she first woke up, but seeing the oxygen mask attached to her face, it seemed to have been quite a serious situation.
“Why am I here?”
As soon as the medical staff carefully removed the oxygen mask, Seo Ha asked.
“You were brought here due to a traffic accident. You’ve been in a coma for over three years, but you miraculously woke up. Do you have any family or relatives we can contact?”
“Family…?”
Family, family.
Seo Ha mindlessly repeated the word. However, only the dry text of “family” kept repeating, and nothing else came to mind.
“I can’t remember. Family…”
“After a major accident or coma, it’s possible to temporarily lose your memory. Especially in your case, Jo Seo Ha.”
“Jo Seo Ha?”
“Your name. Do you remember?”
It wasn’t crystal clear, but the name wasn’t unfamiliar. The sound of “Seo Ha” felt like clothes that fit her body perfectly.
“It seems to be my name. Seo Ha.”
Seo Ha.
As she uttered the name, faint whispers echoed in her head.
‘The really scary thing is, …she opens her eyes and suddenly sits up.’
‘Then she asks. What happened to the divorce papers? Is the alimony ready?’
‘That car was too sturdy. How could it be intact after being hit by a truck?’
“Aah!”
A pain, as if her brain was twisting inside her eye sockets, surged. The startled medical staff grabbed Seo Ha due to her sudden scream.
“Patient!”
Seo Ha held her head and took a ragged breath. The headache disappeared quickly, but the cold and uncomfortable feeling remained.
‘What was that?’
Was it a real memory? Or was it an illusion created by her brain? Everything was uncertain.
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
