“I refuse.”
Sure enough, Min Seol Won was not easy to deal with.
Her resolute red lips instantly expressed a firm refusal.
Then, before Kwon Chae Ha could even object, she hammered the final nail into her refusal.
“I understand you coming straight to my home and handing me the envelope. But anything beyond that, consider it as if I’ve not heard. Unfortunately, my pride is not for that.”
She had anticipated a refusal, but without even a hint of hesitation in the face of such a great proposal…
The more Min Seol Won came out like this, the stronger was Kwon Chae Ha’s conviction that she was the perfect fit for the ‘contract marriage’.
As if that wasn’t enough, Seol Won cleared the tea table and drove him out by standing up from her seat.
Except for not sprinkling salt, she was practically hammering nails behind his back.
“I will take care of my own business, so you should take care of your marriage. Be it a contract or being pushed into a strategic marriage by your mother.”
Until the end, instead of calling him by his name, she adhered to the title ‘you’ and Seol Won slammed the old gate until it squeaked.
It was a very fierce rejection. A feeling he was experiencing for the first time in his life.
However, it took less than a week for the situation to change entirely.
When he rushed to the hospital at the sound of her pitiful voice, she was sitting down, curled up, and weeping in front of the ICU.
“What happened?”
“Ah… Kwon Chae Ha Sir…”
With her tearfilled eyes, she looked up at him.
Why was it? At her expression, at her voice calling his name, it felt as if his heart was fluttering.
As if he was feeling nauseous in his chest.
Soon Seol Won got up weakly and quickly wiped away the tears that stained her pale cheek.
“…My mom fainted again. But she found out that I quit my job… she said she doesn’t want to be a burden anymore and will go to the hospice.”
“Hospice…”
“It’s ridiculous. If she gives up treatment here, the doctor said she won’t live long. Yet she refuses to change her mind.”
Despite wiping them away just now, Seol Won’s eyes were again filled with clear tears.
Instead of wiping those tears, Chae Ha decided to propose the deal she needed right now again.
“Miss Min Seol Won. Shouldn’t we save people first and then see? Your mother will be moved to our hospital where our family doctor is, will receive treatment in a special room, and even the debt you have accrued for the treatment until now, all of it will be paid.”
“….”
“What do you think? With these conditions, marrying me shouldn’t seem like such a loss.”
Although she must have already made up her mind halfway, Seol Won’s fingers fidgeted anxiously.
It wasn’t that Chae Ha didn’t understand since marriage was considered a significant event for mankind according to worldly common sense.
So, he decided to reassure Seol Won a little more.
“There’s no need to worry too much. As I said, it’s a contract, not a typical marital life.”
“What?”
“Just for 3 years, you just need to bear the name of my wife. Until my mother gives up to some extent. And how to do this contract, let’s discuss it again then. Like alimony or something.”
“Ah… I don’t need anything like alimony. If you help with my mother’s medical bills, that’s enough. When my mother recovers, I plan to return to the countryside where I used to live and run a small flower shop.”
“Then this contract, is established.”
For a moment, her fingertips hesitated.
But soon after, that hesitation disappeared in front of the nonnegotiable deal of her mother’s life.
“Hey! Chae Ha! What did you just say?”
“I said I will get married.”
“What? Marriage? Suddenly with who?”
“I will bring her home tomorrow. Her name is Min Seol Won, she’s a florist.”
“Hey, hey… You must be crazy! You have Sarah, Chae Ha who are you marrying? Huh? Honey! You say something too! We even made a dinner reservation with Baek Young this weekend!”
While foaming at the mouth, Mrs. Heo Young Joo stomped her poor feet.
Feeling the seriousness of the situation, Chairman Kwon, who had been silently reading the newspaper, neatly folded it and put it down.
“Which family’s daughter is she.”
“She’s from no family. She’s poor. She lives with her sick mother.”
There was a subtle defiance in Chae Ha’s tone.
Recognizing this, Chairman Kwon clicked his tongue as Mrs. Heo Young Joo rushed towards her son.
She seemed ready to grab and shake his collar on the spot.
“What, what, what? A sick mother? Chae Ha! Did you eat something wrong? Have you been caught by a gold digger?”
“You can think that way. Please arrange the wedding as soon as possible.”
“What are you talking about, Chae Ha! Everyone knows that Baek Young Group’s youngest daughter, Baek Sarah, is your fiancée!”
“Fiancée, when I never even got engaged, it must be a rumor.”
Chae Ha coldly added while looking down at his mother with an indifferent gaze.
“Or it’s a rumor spread by someone who wishes for it.”
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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