Jaeha, holding the envelope, sighed as soon as he closed the study door. It had been quite a headache to distinguish between official and private matters and act accordingly.
“Brandon, tell me what’s going on.”
Now, whether it was ‘Secretary Kang’ or practically ‘Eddie Kang,’ Jaeha decided to actively step forward, setting aside the formalities.
“…….”
As expected, he didn’t open up easily. Secretary Kang, or rather Eddie, maintained a serious expression and spoke with a firm voice. Though emergency signals were flashing in his mind, he didn’t lose his composure, as usual.
“Well, even if there’s no direct party involved, such words won’t reach him directly. Kyle and I… No, we all are like family. I need to know the situation accurately.”
Brandon, glancing towards the direction Jaeha disappeared, spoke up.
“I already told you about Mr. Yoon Eun-jo’s bag before. But…”
“…….”
“I unexpectedly found something in the bag. If I had to make an excuse, I was a bit busy, and it was an old? Well, it’s old anyway. In that small and old bag…”
Brandon, touching the already empty glass, raised his eyebrows.
“Unexpected? What’s in the small bag?”
Looking at Brandon, who was lost in thought, Secretary Kang, frowning, repeatedly unfolded and folded her hands. It seemed like she was about to utter a curse she rarely spoke.
Her pregnancy and miscarriage were already the worst. What could be worse than that? Jaeha, who had barely brought Kwon Jae-ha back to something resembling a human after going through a near-death experience due to those facts, again?
“A ring. A diamond ring. Kyle probably gave it to her. Of course, it looked like an expensive item. More complicated than I thought… Well, how should I express it? I haven’t experienced such a case yet.”
Brandon subtly observed Secretary Kang’s reaction.
“It’s complicated! Very complicated and…”
Jeez! Secretary Kang, exhaling a low sigh, abruptly stood up.
“Whoa… Eddie, calm down!”
“Looks like love is like that. Especially Kyle’s is more complicated, deeper, and more painful than we guessed. From what I’ve observed… Yeah.”
“Eddie, you also need to tell me roughly. In fact, Kyle’s appearance in my eyes is a complete mess. It was hard pretending not to care, seeing it! How bad is it really? In a hospital!”
Brandon’s eye, with his eyebrow slightly lowered, somehow seemed clearer and bluer.
With a bitter smile, Secretary Kang, who sat back down, spoke.
“Brandon, I hope these things will become memories someday. Like we usually do, making use of each other by teasing. That sort of thing.”
“It will be like that. You’re doing your best by his side, aren’t you?”
Secretary Kang told Jaeha about the childhood connection between Jaeha and Eunjo, as well as the story of Jaeha not being able to sleep and living on alcohol since learning about what Eunjo went through in New York.
They had also shared stories about life in Korea. Brandon had packed his outerwear and bag not long ago.
“You’re leaving without saying goodbye?”
Although aware that his actions and whereabouts were very different from those of ordinary people, Secretary Kang did not hide her disappointed expression.
“Someone is here to take me to the airport. It’s a shame, but I’ll be going now. Eddie, take care of Kyle.”
“…Sure. See you next time.”
Watching Brandon’s disappearing figure as if he had never come, Secretary Kang’s expression was dark.
The house was eerily silent, as if no one were there.
Shouldn’t it be time to go out now? Should I go in? Ah… a ring.
“…?”
Wait a moment. If it’s a ring… Secretary Kang narrowed her eyes.
She remembered seeing it in the U.S.! Of course, she wasn’t sure if it was the same, but Jaeha, who was once drunk, had taken it out of his pocket to show her!
She remembered rejecting it properly, saying she had received it and handed it back. Definitely, he gave it to Ms. Yoon and got it back…
But how? Two rings? No way!!!
Secretary Kang looked toward Jaeha’s study.
L Hotel, 6th floor, Italian restaurant.
Byunhyun, Namhee, Daon, and Mina, who had come early, welcomed Eunjo.
“It’s been a while.”
From Namhee, who hugged Eunjo, an elegant and warm fragrance emanated.
Every time he was embraced like this, he felt it, but this was exactly the scent of a mother.
He smiled brightly at Mina, who was laughing by his side. In a sense, his younger sister was a troubling case. Dealing with this step-parent with just Choi Sunwoo was not enough.
“Now, please speak comfortably, just like you do to Mina. If you think of me as a daughter too.”
Where did that childish tone come from? Eunjo, who was surprised by it himself, blushed a little.
“Really, should I? Then, Eunjo, please make an effort, just like now.”
Namhee gently patted Eunjo’s held hand.
“Oh my, why does my nose run every time I mention getting old?”
“It’s a story about getting old. Do you know how often this gentleman cries while watching TV these days? Are you hungry? Let’s sit down.”
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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