Between the crumpled vision, the word ‘divorce’ was vividly inscribed.
Kyunghee looked up and stared at Jaewoo.
“What are you trying to do with this now?”
Jaewoo, with his gaze fixed on the divorce papers, replied, “It’s written at the top what it is.”
Kindly placing his fountain pen next to the documents, he added, “Make sure to fill it out without missing anything.”
It feels even more disgusting to write it twice than you think.
After finishing his words, Jaewoo comfortably leaned against the sofa.
The gaze directed at Kyunghee, with his legs crossed, was silent.
“……So, why am I supposed to do this?”
“Victim and perpetrator, isn’t it natural for the perpetrator to disappear.”
“Is it not related to me that Chaeyoon disappeared?”
Even if Secretary Jo spoke, it couldn’t be evidence that Kyunghee kidnapped Chaeyoon. Kyunghee, determined to resist until direct evidence emerged, leaned against the backrest with her fists clenched.
Jaewoo’s gaze reached Kyunghee.
Sitting with her head turned to the right, her determination not to fill out the divorce papers was evident.
Jaewoo withdrew his gaze from Kyunghee and looked at the watch on his left wrist.
“It’s late.”
The softly uttered words touched Kyunghee’s nerves.
Kyunghee glanced at Jaewoo with a slight roll of her eyes.
Seeing him fidgeting with his phone while lightly wrinkling his forehead, it seemed like he was waiting for something.
But upon closer inspection, this guy…
‘Why is he so relaxed?’
Jaewoo was in a state of not knowing Chaeyoon’s whereabouts. If that’s the case, he should be desperately searching for Chaeyoon’s location as soon as possible. However, his current demeanor was far from the anxious appearance.
Realizing belatedly that this guy…
‘Why is he so relaxed?’
Kyunghee felt a chill down her spine.
A sinister premonition passed through her. Kyunghee moved her trembling gaze to stare at the divorce papers.
[Isn’t it natural for the perpetrator to disappear.]Jaewoo didn’t say, “If you don’t want to fill this out, bring Chaeyoon,” but rather, “Get out,” indicating that he didn’t want to write it.
‘He knows where Song Chaeyoon is.’
Certainly, that man had said that Song Chaeyoon hadn’t appeared, but how…
Kyunghee tried to speculate on what had happened between Chaeyoon and Jaewoo, but she couldn’t possibly know.
Moreover, what was important now was the fact that Jaewoo, who knew she had tried to kidnap Chaeyoon, and even knew Chaeyoon’s location, was waiting for something in this situation.
After telling him to find Chaeyoon no matter what, the man who hadn’t been in contact for a while came to mind.
The thought that perhaps he wouldn’t come here crossed her mind, and at that moment, the sound of the front door opening reached her ears, indicating his presence.
Due to the thoughts that occupied her mind, Kyunghee, without realizing it, tensed up and stared down the hallway while swallowing her dry saliva.
‘Please.’
Please let it not be true.
As she fervently prayed in her mind, Wujong and his two companions appeared.
The two men following behind seemed to be employees hired by Jaewoo, and without asking, it was evident who the man being dragged along was.
Seeing the man with swollen cheeks, reddened around his mouth, presumably from a fight, Kyunghee suppressed the rising anger, which had simmered from the very core of her being.
Jaewoo’s gaze fell on Kyunghee upon hearing the deep sigh.
The arrogance that shamelessly claimed he wasn’t responsible for such things was now distinctly shattered by the appearance of the man.
At that moment, Wujong approached Jaewoo and handed him the man’s phone. The lock was already unlocked.
“We’ve checked the text messages exchanged with Lady Woo and confirmed the call recording files.”
The man had recorded the call as a safety measure to escape from such situations. It wasn’t for Kyunghee, though.
Taking the phone from Wujong, Jaewoo touched the play button on the voice recording file displayed on the screen.
『Song Chaeyoon is probably heading towards the chairman’s office by now. Bring her here as inconspicuously as possible.』
Upon hearing the voice recording emanating from the man’s phone, Kyunghee’s facial expression became even more distorted.
『Yes. I understand.』
『Don’t handle it too roughly.』
Upon hearing Kyunghee’s voice speaking with sincerity, Jaewoo’s expression turned chillingly cold.
After meeting Jipil, Kyunghee had anticipated that she might do something, but the gap between imagination and reality was considerable.
[Did the chairman ask for Chaeyoon?] [What? No, he didn’t mention anything like that.]The anger she had forcibly suppressed resurged. The muscles around her jaw tightened, and her teeth clenched together as if they might shatter.
Jaewoo dropped the phone he was holding onto the table. The sound of the phone’s back colliding with the marble tabletop deepened the furrows between Kyunghee’s eyebrows.
Ignoring the current situation, Jaewoo turned his head away, closed his eyes, and looked at Kyunghee.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
