“Anyway, Chadoha. I invited Jeseuci to come and see the PGA Top Limited I gave you as a gift. Come over to my house when you have time.”
“…What does that mean?”
Chadoha’s eyebrows twitched.
When Dohoon tried to start a conversation, Chadoha, who had been sitting like a statue, finally reacted when Minhaeyeon, whom he mentioned, came up.
Even facing Minhaeyeon’s overwhelming presence that could make people crumble with just a glance, Dohoon shrugged it off.
“Just literally come over for a visit. Got it?”
Rather than continuing to talk, Dohoon stood up with a glass in his hand.
Still sitting motionless, Chadoha watched Dohoon, who was nonchalantly leaving, and severed the interrupted words.
“Something interesting might happen.”
After the assistants finished preparing the dessert, people who had been scattered around gathered again.
Although today’s protagonist was Chagijeong, the dessert started when Chairman Yoon entered the reception room.
“Would you like a drink?”
Suren handed a transparent wine that came with the dessert to Minhaeyeon.
Even though she suddenly received a glass, Minhaeyeon accepted the wine nonchalantly.
“I won’t make a mistake like at the Freit Hotel. Look, it’s white wine too.”
“Lucky for you. Well, I won’t make the same mistake twice, right?”
The tension in the garden continued. Despite Su Rin’s non-provocative provocation, Minhaeyeon skillfully parried it.
But while there was only one spectator, Yoonseo, in the garden, now everyone had gathered.
“What are you talking about?”
As expected, Chagijeong intervened in the uneasy atmosphere.
To the curious Chagijeong, Suren smiled and kindly explained, “During the Freit Hotel partner day, I accidentally spilled wine on Doha oppa.”
“Oh my, did such a thing happen?”
Chagijeong, who became an excellent audience, reacted as dramatically as if it were something he had experienced himself.
“Secondly, are you giving Suren a hard time just for such a thing?”
“No, Director.”
Suren laughed subtly as she spoke.
She was the type of woman who found it more annoying when her sister-in-law restrained her than when her mother-in-law scolded her.
Pointing to her second daughter-in-law and scolding Chagijeong, Suren, saying “no,” seemed subtly to be encouraging him.
“Suren, you don’t have to go out of your way to protect Doha.”
“You’re misunderstanding, Director. Even a small mistake can have unknown consequences, so it’s better to be careful.”
As Suren finished speaking, a strange air spread throughout the spacious room. She, who had created a momentary stillness, was unfazed and parted her coral-colored lips.
“The beginning of a tremendous accident can also start from a minor mistake. Isn’t that right, Ms. Minhaeyeon?”
Suren’s eyes, filled with meaning, were smiling at Minhaeyeon.
When Doha had a traffic accident, it was because he hadn’t fastened his seatbelt, and Minhaeyeon’s injury was due to the fact that she had left her bag with her phone on the back seat. So, if it was a mistake, it was indeed a mistake.
Moreover, Minhaeyeon’s misjudgment was a result of a ‘mistake’ in that she mistakenly reached out to rescue the situation because of external reasons.
At this point, a light mistake could lead to a horribly bad outcome.
When Minhaeyeon met Suren’s intense gaze, Suren waited. She waited for the excuses that would reluctantly come out of Minhaeyeon’s mouth.
“Isuren.”
However, the voice that cut through the awkward atmosphere was not the person Suren had hoped for.
“I told you not to cross the line.”
“…Doha oppa.”
Under the mysterious atmosphere, a pitch-black gaze settled on Suren.
Suren, who was well aware that he rarely spoke at such family gatherings, was familiar with the fact that Doha didn’t open his mouth easily.
Today, Doha was truly strange.
It was strange that he warned Chagijeong during dinner, and it seemed that he… At the following thought, Suren bit her lip, holding the glass tightly.
As she looked at Suren’s eyelids trembling slightly, Doha spoke expressionlessly.
“I think one warning was enough.”
It referred to the day when the three of them met at the hotel.
The warning Doha gave him that day was what Suren expected, and understanding its meaning, Suren chuckled and questioned Doha.
“Am I just that kind of person?”
If she was a person who would back off with just that level of warning, she wouldn’t have even started.
Since her love was progressing regardless of Doha’s intentions, wasn’t it inevitable for her to be selfish and not care about the means?
“Oppa, did you take me too lightly?”
“Isuren.”
“Well then, I guess I have to be more proactive. Make sure oppa can’t forget.”
The gazes of the people gathered in the room turned to the two.
Chagijeong seemed uncomfortable with the disturbance at his birthday party, and Hanyoonseo frowned.
President Yoon maintained a stoic expression, but the fact that she directed her gaze meant she was already interested in the situation. Chado Hoon had a smiling face, like watching an amusing spectacle.
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.
