Not for the First Time (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 6
For a brief moment, she froze, then Young In’s eyes widened as if they were about to pop out.
“What is this?”
Sung Hyuk stepped forward calmly with an unruffled expression.
“Why are you so surprised? You told me to come in, so I did.”
“I didn’t know it was you, sunbae.”
“Does that mean you wouldn’t have let me in if you’d known it was me?”
His brows furrowed slightly.
“Why do you discriminate against people?”
“…….”
His brazen statement left Young In speechless.
Is this really what discrimination means?
Even if it were, discriminating against an ex-boyfriend you broke up with long ago isn’t that big of a sin, is it?
“A Rim went to the kitchen because her mother called her, and Beom Joon is on the phone. No one knows I came up here, so don’t worry.”
“That’s not the point right now.”
“Then should I have just announced it downstairs? ‘I’m going to Chae Young In’s room for a bit’?”
“…….”
Young In’s lips twitched a few times, but she couldn’t find any comeback. Absurdly, after hearing him say that, she actually felt grateful that he had come up without anyone knowing.
As Young In pressed her lips together tightly, the corners of Sung Hyuk’s mouth curved softly. He slowly scanned the room with a nostalgic expression.
“We first met over ten years ago, and only today do I finally step into your room.”
The first time he came to this house was in his first year of high school when he was in the same class as Beom Joon. He hadn’t come often even before, but during the six months he dated Young In, he consciously avoided the place.
The reason was because Chae Young In wanted it that way.
The one who suggested a secret relationship and told him not to come to the house had been Young In herself.
Though it might have seemed like he was just going along with whatever she wanted, he followed everything she asked for, even if he didn’t particularly like it.
In the end, even her request to break up.
“No wonder it’s Chae Young In’s room.”
The room perfectly reflected its owner’s personality. It was impeccably neat without a single unnecessary item. The white-toned interior gave off the same clean and cool feeling as its owner.
The only decorations were a small green plant on the nightstand and a single picture frame on top of the dresser.
Before Young In could stop him, Sung Hyuk strode over to the dresser, bent down, and peered at the photo.
The subject was a little girl around five or six years old.
“You were cute when you were young.”
With her hair in two braids, crescent-shaped eyes, and chubby cheeks, a smile naturally formed on his face.
“I know. I’m not cute now.”
Sung Hyuk looked away from the photo and glanced at Young In.
“You’re pretty now.”
Stung for no reason by her retort, he answered seriously without a hint of playfulness, and Young In hurriedly changed the subject to hide her flustered expression.
“If you came to see oppa, just see him and go. Why come all the way here and do this?”
“When did I ever say I came to see Beom Joon? I came to see you.”
“…….”
Her bewildered eyes trembled slightly. She had been desperately trying to ignore the fact that he hadn’t come for her, so all that effort had been a waste of time.
“It’s true that Beom Joon invited me over, but I came hoping I might see you. If you didn’t live here, I wouldn’t have come.”
Young In wanted to ask the man leisurely walking over and stopping in front of her why he was doing this and what he wanted. But worried someone might come up, she could only manage empty words instead of the real questions.
“……H-hurry and go downstairs.”
Sung Hyuk merely nodded obediently but didn’t move. He still had something to say.
“From now on, check who it is before letting someone in. Don’t let just anyone into your room.”
Young In let out a hollow laugh.
“This is my house.”
“Outsiders can still come in and out.”
“Are you seriously thinking you’re not just ‘anyone’?”
“Of course I’m not.”
“…….”
Young In was dumbfounded and lost for words. It was absurd coming from the person who best fit the description of “outsider” and “anyone.”
And that wasn’t even the end of it.
“Did you take your medicine?”
Young In narrowed her eyes, wondering what this was about now.
“What medicine?”
“Painkillers. Your head hurts right now, doesn’t it?”
“…….”
Young In tried to recall whether she had ever told him her head hurt.
Of course she hadn’t. She never said it.
“You have a habit of scrunching your nose when your head hurts.”
“I do?”
As Young In’s eyes widened in surprise, a playful smile spread across Sung Hyuk’s face.
“Yes, you do.”
“…….”
Young In silently looked up at the man who knew a habit she herself wasn’t aware of.
“I don’t like it when you hold it in. Take your medicine properly.”
With those words, Sung Hyuk turned and left the room. Young In collapsed onto the bed, staring at the closed door, and a quiet murmur escaped her lips.
“It’s all because of you, sunbae…….”
The cause of her headache and the reason she couldn’t take the painkillers in her bag—everything was because of one person.
The person who made her mind complicated and kept her from going downstairs for water was Cha Sung Hyuk.
She decided to blame everything on him.
That way, she might feel a little less pathetic for being so helplessly shaken by him…….
How much time had passed?
Young In, sitting blankly with unfocused eyes, suddenly heard the door burst open. Then an irritated voice flew in.
“Hey, come eat!”
Young In lifted her emotionless eyes. She had long given up, so she felt nothing even when her sister barged in without knocking.
“I’m not hungry.”
“I don’t care what you think. Dad told me to call you, so I came up.”
A Rim twisted her lips as if she couldn’t care less whether Young In starved or not.
“He came home early?”
“So you have a problem with that?”
“No. I’ll go down.”
When their father was home, the entire family had to sit together at the table—no exceptions unless someone was too sick to move.
Why was everything going so differently from what she expected?
She had thought staying holed up in her room would be enough, but that had been a huge miscalculation. Sung Hyuk coming up to her room and her father calling her down—neither had been part of the plan.
“I heard you had a marriage meeting with Sung Hyuk oppa, not Chang Geun oppa?”
“Yeah.”
“Why didn’t you say anything?”
“It’s not a big deal.”
At her calm reply, A Rim ground her teeth in anger.
“You sneaky bitch.”
“…….”
“Sung Hyuk oppa proposed? Stop lying. If you say one more bullshit thing like that, you’re dead.”
A Rim glared murderously as if she wanted to chew her up and spit her out, then stormed out of the room.
Young In quietly followed behind.
She didn’t even have time to feel relieved that the reaction was milder than expected, because she had to sit at the same table as Sung Hyuk for dinner. She already felt indigestion coming on.
Feeling like a cow being led to slaughter, Young In descended the stairs and entered the dining room.
A thin, dark-skinned middle-aged man was seated at the head of the table.
Chae Byung Guk, the biological father of Beom Joon and A Rim, and Young In’s stepfather.
He was the CEO of the mid-sized women’s clothing company “Chae Seung,” where Beom Joon and A Rim also worked.
“You’re back.”
Young In slightly bowed her head toward CEO Chae.
“Yes, sit down.”
To the left of CEO Chae at the head sat Sung Hyuk, and to his right sat Madam Kwak. Beom Joon was next to Madam Kwak, and A Rim, who had come down first, had already claimed the seat beside Sung Hyuk.
As Young In sat next to Beom Joon, CEO Chae picked up his spoon as if he had been waiting.
“Let’s eat.”
The moment he received his wife’s call that Sung Hyuk was at the house, he had canceled his prior engagement and rushed home.
All to leave a good impression on the second son of Chairman Cha Hyun Woong of SL Group.
SL Group was Korea’s top-ranked conglomerate, with affiliates in electronics, automobiles, finance, telecommunications, distribution, and more. Its influence over the country’s economy, politics, society, and culture was enormous.
So it was only natural to hope Beom Joon would remain close friends with Sung Hyuk for a long, long time.
“Is the chairman in good health?”
“Yes, he might even be healthier than me.”
“I’d love to have a meal with the chairman sometime. Sung Hyuk, could you arrange a seat?”
“I’ll mention it.”
Which meant he couldn’t promise anything.
“R-right…….”
Feeling awkward after his obvious advance was brushed off, CEO Chae quickly changed the subject.
“By the way, Sung Hyuk, why did you suddenly go to America back then?”
The sudden move to SL Motors’ U.S. subsidiary still remained a mystery to many.
“At that time, I didn’t want to stay in Korea.”
It had been an impulsive decision because of a certain woman.
Watching that woman flinch, Sung Hyuk briefly wondered.
If I had stayed in Korea back then…….
He probably wouldn’t have been able to hold back and would have run straight to Chae Young In.
“It’s something I’m only saying now, but you were really weird back then, man. I thought you’d been dumped or something.”
Beom Joon chimed in casually while busily moving his chopsticks.
“I didn’t realize you had noticed.”
“Who do you think I am?”
Beom Joon laughed loudly, thinking Sung Hyuk was joking.
No one except Young In took Sung Hyuk’s words as truth. The idea of Cha Sung Hyuk being dumped by a woman was unimaginable to them.
After a deliberate cough to lighten the mood, CEO Chae pulled the conversation back on track.
“So, have they decided which position you’ll take?”
The answer came from Beom Joon.
“Head of the Management Planning Division.”
Beom Joon’s face was full of pride, and a pleased smile appeared on CEO Chae’s lips as well.
“That’s great. Congratulations.”
The Management Planning Division was practically the heart of SL Group. The second son being appointed over the eldest meant the succession structure had shifted.
Sung Hyuk responded only with a faint smile and no words.
He had received the order to take the position of head of Management Planning that very evening after the marriage meeting with Young In, during dinner with his father.
Of course he had accepted. There had been no reason to refuse.
But now a reason had appeared.
He didn’t mention that he might end up in a different position—because the person who had created that reason was sitting right there.
A meaningful gaze turned toward Young In, who had her head deeply bowed.
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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