Comfortable time passed.
The last day she commuted was no different from usual.
Eun-jo, waking up at the same time as always, had a simple breakfast and dressed in neat, modest clothes as usual.
Driving the same route at a similar speed, she arrived at the company.
While waiting for the tea she ordered at the first-floor cafe, she glanced around the company entrance, lobby, and reception desk.
Manager Jang said to contact him anytime if she wanted to come back.
“…Well.”
In the past five years at JS, she was the model employee among model employees. Rain or snow, she arrived at work on time and worked harder than anyone else.
“Date tea is ready.”
“Thank you.”
As soon as she received the warm cup, a subtle scent of ginger rose.
Date tea. And at the company on a morning she commuted, she didn’t expect to be drinking the date tea that bald executives liked.
“…But it turned out like this.”
She didn’t expect to leave the company like this. Likewise, she never thought of coming back.
Because what would happen in the future is uncertain.
Even things she thought would never happen like this happened [dash], so how can she predict what will happen next?
It’s strange. Based on what she has seen of Yoon Eun-jo until now, it seemed like she would thoroughly plan and execute everything to protect the precious baby more than ever.
She doesn’t know what to believe or why she’s acting so relaxed, like someone completely different.
Baby, it seems like you’ve changed me as soon as you came into the world.
As Eun-jo gently pulled up the corners of her mouth, President Lee Won-young entered her view.
Walking toward the direction where the executives’ elevator, accompanied by several assistants, was, his steps were brisk and energetic.
“…”
Jaeha’s insight was correct.
Lee Won-young was like a refreshing breeze.
The young president full of potential, who had been slowly making progress in the company, was undoubtedly a new and fresh wind.
The skeptical gazes from inside and outside had also subsided.
Even so, even though…
Eun-jo knew well enough that Lee Won-young was a good person.
He didn’t act like someone who had the chairman as his father. Smart and humble.
“…But still! How can you think that way!”
What is he thinking? Frowning, Eun-jo wrapped both hands around the warm cup.
Jaeha left that day.
On that evening when Eun-jo was working overtime alone, Lee Won-young, who had bought her tea, sat across from her as if there was a secret story to tell. What he said was truly surprising.
No, it made her angry and annoyed.
It was a story about meeting Kwon Jaeha, who had proposed the position of company president. Up to that point, it wouldn’t be particularly noteworthy, and she wondered why he would bring up such a story.
[So, I asked Eun-jo if she would go to the United States with me. It wasn’t because there was a particular reason, it was just a question that came out without me knowing. It could be because I have a liking for Eun-jo.]
It’s not like I didn’t know [dash] in front of the person with the good laugh, Eun-jo didn’t say anything.
[But President Kwon denied his relationship with Eun-jo. His face… what should I say… He tried to act like nothing was wrong, but he looked painful. In conclusion, I won’t interfere, but, as I said, off-topic[dash]I like to speak directly. Today, I saw the face of President Kwon that day when I kept looking at Eun-jo’s face all day.]The careful advice conveyed by Lee Won-young essentially meant not to miss out on someone precious due to pride.
Eun-jo’s response to the brotherly advice was short and dry.
[There are many connections that can be broken in this world. I’m nothing special.]But Eun-jo knew. Even in that moment, she was pretending not to be herself.
Avoiding Lee Won-young’s eyes, Eun-jo looked in the distance at an angle.
There was no need to talk about wounds so deep and large that they could never heal.
She believed she would never have to see Kwon Jaeha again.
But… now that the baby has come, a few days later, she had to go to New York where he was.
“…”
Eun-jo quickly took a sip of the warm tea.
Just thinking about seeing Jaeha again made her breathless, and her whole body felt tense.
Before leaving for work before lunch, Eun-jo, who was planning to leave early, received warm wishes from her colleagues.
Warm greetings wishing each other good health and well-being exchanged calmly like any other ordinary day.
She received a few small gifts, and Choi Jang-mi, who handed her a fairly large paper bag, whispered, ‘Please, look at it alone,’ and made a sulky expression.
“Rejecting the farewell party is too much.”
“Rose, you’re kind of old-fashioned, you know? What kind of farewell party is this? If you’re bored, just come and play. But how great does it have to be for you to insist on looking at it alone?”
“Hey[long dash] no! You must look at it alone!”
Approaching the two playing pranks, Manager Jang handed over an envelope.
“Eat kka-kka and enjoy it. You can think of it as the omitted farewell party expenses as Rose said.”
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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