Guaranteed compensation. It was a word stimulating enough to sufficiently disturb Haegin’s heart.
“I’m not asking you to be a personal secretary for the dedicated mark. Just work on the same team. It’s just about making sure that unpredictable guy doesn’t cause any trouble.”
Monitoring while working together. That’s what a secretary does, Chairman.
It was dizzying to hear such a statement spoken so nonchalantly by someone who should know better.
“Start work from next week. The department is Strategic Planning. Keep your original position as an assistant manager.”
He knew everything. That Haegin worked at Zion Corporation and that he was an assistant manager.
How much did he actually know?
Nevertheless, Haegin couldn’t afford to be choosy about hot or cold rice but needed some confirmation. No matter how urgent, shouldn’t one tap the stepping stones before crossing?
“Why should I trust you and accept this offer, Chairman?”
Joon-tae silently looked around the house. Could there be a more definite answer? This was his only chance to get out of this place.
Haegin urgently grabbed Joon-tae as he turned to leave. Turning Joon-tae around was equivalent to granting permission. Having chosen the option without a choice, Haegin now became curious. Who exactly was this ‘rugby ball’?
“May I know who the rugby ball is?”
The reason for the specific question was simple. As the saying goes, know your enemy and know yourself, and you will never be defeated. Knowing who he was in advance might make marking him a bit easier.
Ah, Joon-tae tapped his forehead with his fingers, as if he had forgotten something important. Then he took out his phone from his jacket and tapped the screen a few times.
The face filling the screen was of a man Haegin was seeing for the first time. His first impression, as he looked intently, was that the man was handsome, certainly above Haegin’s high standards.
Considering the CEO himself was involved in the search, it was clear the man was either a close associate or someone important.
Still unable to take his eyes off the photo, Haegin let his imagination run wild. The stream of thoughts ended with Joon-tae’s introduction.
“Name Moon Tae-hong. Age 30. Head of the Strategic Planning Team.”
Haegin mentally filled in the man’s details. Then suddenly, Joon-tae stopped speaking. As the silence grew longer than expected, Haegin’s gaze finally shifted from the phone to Joon-tae.
The moment their eyes met, another piece of information about him registered with Haegin.
“Family relationship, my son.”
“Good heavens.”
His surprise slipped out before he could stop it. He wanted to close his mouth, but couldn’t.
After finishing the introduction, Joon-tae casually tapped Haegin’s shoulder, shrugged his own, and then looked at the man in the screen again. This time, a stiff feeling crept up Haegin’s back.
So, to sum it up. Haegin is to take care of Moon Tae-hong, the son of the president of Yeonchang Group. Haegin placed his hand on his throbbing head.
Thinking about it, it was strange to carry around a casual photo of someone who wasn’t even a close acquaintance. He should have been suspicious, but was blinded by the guaranteed compensation.
He regretted his hasty actions, driven by the desire for a guaranteed victory.
But could he say no now? The thought of desperately seeking another part-time job was daunting, and its difficulty was well known.
Even if he found another part-time job, could it possibly offer more security than the current proposal from the Yeonchang Group’s president?
The guaranteed compensation had indeed caught him.
He had no choice but to accept reality, just as he had felt the despair when he first came here.
“Chairman.”
Haegin finally caught Joon-tae just as he was really about to leave. Now that he had decided to do it, he had to do it right. With determination, he quickly brought his phone.
“May I take a picture?”
After pondering Haegin’s words for a moment, Joon-tae readily turned on the photo of his son, Moon Tae-hong. He quickly focused and took the shot. Click, Tae-hong’s photo was saved on Haegin’s phone.
The moment Joon-tae finished his task and stepped outside, a sigh involuntarily escaped Haegin. A thud of the closing door enveloped the house in silence. Haegin stood motionless like a stone statue, unable to move his legs.
All this had happened in just a few tens of minutes. Though it seemed like he was bewitched into agreeing, in the end, this was the only option he had.
If asked whether he had another choice, the answer was no.
If asked whether a better method comes to mind, that too was no.
Meaning, for Haegin, this was ultimately the only way.
In front of the massive compensation, it was a moment of selling his soul.
Getting ready for work wasn’t difficult. He had sold his luxury bag but not his office wear. To earn money, he couldn’t sell his clothes.
Haegin used to be the best, but that was when he was with Zion Group. Now, he was heading to work as a lineman for Yeonchang Group’s rugby ball.
Male lead says he’s pregnant — and it’s female lead’s child
Something seems a bit off about this world.
Wang Zhao thought as she watched a pregnant man walking towards her…
Intro
Female lead finds herself in a world where the men who possess the ability to bear children.
As she navigates this unfamiliar reality, she is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of her boyfriend, who reveals that he is pregnant.
Is this truly her boyfriend?
Why can’t she recall any details about their time together?
She begins to doubt whether the child her boyfriend is carrying is even hers.
Is there a hidden reason behind her amnesia, or could it be a side effect of her sudden arrival in this strange new world?
Just when it seems the protagonist’s life couldn’t become any more entangled, her ex-boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance, raising questions about the protagonist’s past.
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