Yunho mentioned that there was nothing special about the documents he gave her on the day of the accident. Though she didn’t know where she and Doha were going together and had no way of knowing their plans for the day, she speculated that the day’s schedule was a day trip.
‘Not being able to drive’ was more complicated. Haeyeon was the speaker, but who couldn’t drive? If it was herself, why on earth did she say she couldn’t drive for a while?
The more she tried to find the truth, the more she felt trapped in a labyrinth.
‘What on earth.’
“Haeyeon.”
In the midst of sinking into gloomy thoughts, the voice that made her feel tender just by hearing it pulled Haeyeon out of the emotional storm.
“…Ah, why did you call me, Doha?”
Reacting somewhat slowly, Haeyeon turned her body to look at Doha. Ah, she was with Doha. Haeyeon felt sorry for Doha as she looked at him, but for some reason, when she called Doha, he just blinked his eyes silently.
Silence covered the quiet space. With only the bedside lamp on, Doha and Haeyeon lying side by side on the table stared at each other without saying a word for a while.
“Just. I mean, there was an accident today, are you okay?”
Doha answered gently. Although he was talking about today, for some reason, the word ‘accident’ made Haeyeon think of a past traffic accident first.
A subject she couldn’t remember.
“…?”
When Haeyeon stayed silent, Doha turned his body to lie facing her and met her gaze. Only then did Haeyeon, who had just regained her senses, gently embraced his cheek to reassure him with a faint smile and conveyed her sincerity.
“That’s just a level where it’s embarrassing to call it an accident, so I’m okay.”
Kissing Doha’s forehead, Haeyeon, without giving him a chance to reply, nestled into Doha’s arms.
“I’m really okay, so don’t worry about it and go to bed early.”
It was a remark containing various meanings, and even if Doha didn’t know all of them, Haeyeon wanted to convey her feelings in this way.
The low-key wallpaper that matched the marble floor exuded dignity and authority, fitting well with the room owner’s elegance.
The end.
The pleasant sound of turning pages echoed in the grand space. The origin of the sound was Chairman Yoon Myung-gil, who sat in a leather chair in front of a dark walnut table, reviewing documents.
Although it was possible to handle work with tablets these days, Chairman Yoon still adhered to analog methods.
Tap, tap.
She, who was concentrating intensely on her work, frowned at the sudden knock on the door.
“Come in.”
The person who entered after opening the heavy door was Yoon’s secretary, Yeong-ho. He cautiously approached the wooden table.
“The second young master would like to meet you soon.”
“Oh, really?”
One of Chairman Yoon’s eyebrows slightly rose. The news conveyed by Yeong-ho was genuinely unexpected. Unless it was something significant, Doha rarely expressed a desire to meet her on his own initiative.
Seemingly pleased with the unexpected request from Doha, Chairman Yoon instructed Yeong-ho.
“Contact Surin.”
“Yes, Chairman.”
To carry out the instructions, Yeong-ho left the conference room. In the silent space, Chairman Yoon idly played with the documents that Yeong-ho had handed her moments ago.
“It’s time for the three of us to meet.”
As if talking to herself for a moment, she resumed her work.
“Haeyeon!”
The day after the accident, Haeyeon, who persuaded Doha, reluctant to let her go to work, and went to the office, was kidnapped by Jua right after having lunch and dragged to a secluded place.
“Let’s just take a break today. Take half a day off now. I’ll accept it on behalf of the executive. Hmm?”
Jua spoke with a mixture of aegyo and threat. Despite waking up well in the hospital yesterday and even hearing from the doctor that she was fine, Haeyeon couldn’t feel relieved, and she pleaded desperately.
“Why take half a day off for a newcomer? Besides, I’m perfectly fine.”
Saying that, Haeyeon deliberately raised her arm as if lifting a dumbbell to emphasize her health to Jua. However, Jua was not in a mood to accept.
“They say even a minor accident can cause aftereffects. Moreover, they say it gets more painful as time passes since the accident, right?”
“I’m really okay. Did you even tell this to your team leader?”
Haeyeon squinted at Jua. Knowing that continuing the conversation in this state would be futile, she shifted to a disadvantageous topic for Jua. Sure enough, when she mentioned Yujun, Jua’s gaze slid gently across Haeyeon’s face.
“Do you know how surprised I was when you came to work?”
Trying to shift the uncomfortable topic, Haeyeon increasingly pressed Jua.
For a good reason, Haeyeon, who arrived at the office later than usual, was called to Yujun as soon as she entered. That too, like Jua, she was led to an empty meeting room.
After going through the whole process, Haeyeon was suspicious whether Jua had the intention of hiding Yujun around her. Doha, Jua, Yujun—each of them treated her like a child who exposed herself to danger.
“Well, that’s…”
Unable to find a suitable excuse, Jua, who turned her head this time, eventually couldn’t bring herself to tell Haeyeon to take half a day off.
Seeing Jua sulking with a collapsed posture, Haeyeon’s heart unexpectedly softened. In fact, it was largely her fault that Jua was acting like this. Haeyeon patted her on the shoulder to comfort her.
“Jua, I’m really okay. There’s also the weekend. I can rest properly then.”
“The weekend?”
Jua lifted her head.
“Deceive yourself if you must, Min Haeyeon. You won’t be able to rest properly because of the founding anniversary party, right?”
What could Haeyeon do about this? Instead of achieving the intended effect, it had the opposite result, so Haeyeon brushed it off with a smiling eyes. It was evident that she wouldn’t be able to rest properly over the upcoming weekend due to the anniversary event of Gilmyung Group.
“They’ll all be there.”
The 60th-anniversary event of Gilmyung Group, different from usual, was expected to be attended by the Miwon Group as well.
What’s going to happen this time?
Her face stiffened. The uncertainty of what might occur at the event where everyone gathers was not only Haeyeon’s concern but everyone’s.
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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