Bravely, he took out his phone, but Jae Oh could not press the call button.
It was the same situation when he met Chae Yoon earlier.
Contacting Chae Yoon first would indirectly imply that he had sorted out his feelings, which was not the case yet.
“Song Chae Yoon”
Jae Oh’s eyes sparkled as he stared at Chae Yoon’s name on the screen without pressing the call button.
Having thought of a solution, Jae Oh immediately called Ji Pil.
“Uh, why?”
“What are you doing right now?”
“I just had lunch. Why?”
“Are you going straight to the office?”
“Yes. I should. But why do you keep asking about my location? Is something wrong?”
“No? Nothing.”
“But why are you doing something you don’t normally do?”
“Can’t a grandson ask where his grandfather is?”
“……This definitely means something’s up? Jae Oh. Are you sick?”
Despite the concern in the voice, Jae Oh nonchalantly replied, “No,” and hung up the phone.
Knowing Ji Pil’s next destination, Jae Oh quickened his pace.
It was when Jae Oh strode out of the lobby door.
“Jae Oh.”
A voice called out to him from behind, but he did not hear it, engrossed in deep thought.
“Hey. Han Jae Oh! Hey, stop…….”
Regardless of who was calling him, Jae Oh got into the car where Woo Jong was at the wheel without hesitation.
The expression of Ho Yeon, who had been calling Jae Oh, contorted.
The car quickly disappeared.
((()))
The moment Jae Oh disappeared in the car.
Coming out of the hotel lobby bathroom, Chae Yoon heard a familiar name.
“Jae Oh.”
Chae Yoon looked towards the unfamiliar woman who called Jae Oh’s name.
There was Jae Oh. He seemed to be in a hurry, and without looking back, he got into a car.
As the car carrying Jae Oh drove away, Chae Yoon finally turned her attention to the woman who had been calling Jae Oh’s name.
The woman looked pretty even from a distance. The glimpse of her clothes and the car the valet brought suggested that she was from a wealthy family.
Chae Yoon thought she was not an ordinary woman. Eun Ha, who was next to Chae Yoon, asked.
“Who’s that woman? She called him ‘Jae Oh.’ Do you know her?”
A bitter smile crept onto the corner of Chae Yoon’s mouth.
“How would I know who she is?”
She didn’t even know the names or faces of Jae Oh’s close friends, let alone a woman friend. However, based on Ji Pil’s words that he didn’t have any female friends around, she guessed he only had a boyfriend. But now a woman who called him ‘Jae Oh’ appeared.
‘I shouldn’t have taken grandfather’s words at face value.’
Even though she had left him, Chae Yoon’s eyes darkened again as she felt the distance anew.
‘If it’s not a friend, would it be a woman he’s seeing?’
Personally, she thought the latter possibility was higher.
A cloud of gloom descended upon her pale face.
Eun Ha, seeing Chae Yoon’s expression darken, felt that she might have asked an unnecessary question.
“But what’s the urgent matter with Han Jae Oh? He’s going without even looking back.”
It was a comment implying that he wasn’t such an important person, but Chae Yoon’s face did not brighten.
Trying to erase the bitterness spreading on her lips, Chae Yoon deflected the conversation nonchalantly.
“Sister, let’s get going too. We’ll be late.”
Chae Yoon thought as she returned by car with Eun Ha.
That he would soon bring divorce papers.
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Ji Pil, who had returned to the office after lunch, saw Jae Oh barge into his room as soon as he sat down on his chair.
Maybe it was because of the strange call he had received a few minutes ago, but Ji Pil looked at his grandson entering the room with something in his hand with a suspicious gaze.
“Why are you here.”
“I came to ask something.”
Jae Oh, who had walked up to Ji Pil and sat down, held out what he had brought.
What Jae Oh had brought was a document related to an ongoing project. He came with an insignificant document and said he had a question.
Seeing his obvious intention, Ji Pil didn’t even look at the document that Jae Oh had handed him, and he threw it on the table.
“You wouldn’t have come all this way to ask about this, what’s your real purpose.”
He thought it was a shallow ruse to bring this document, but his grandfather, as expected, was sharp.
Realizing that he could no longer beat around the bush, he told Ji Pil his ‘real’ reason for coming.
“Have you been in contact with Song Chae Yoon?”
Ji Pil’s eyes slightly narrowed in response.
Ji Pil was frustrated with Jae Oh, who had been lethargic for nearly a month.
If he wanted to see Chae Yoon, he should just rush to see her. Why was he hanging on to such regret when he had so many problems?
It was frustrating, but it wasn’t a problem that could be solved even if he helped. He had to realize it himself.
So he had been waiting for when he would seek Chae Yoon.
And today, finally, he heard Jae Oh asking about Chae Yoon.
Satisfied with this situation, Ji Pil replied calmly, keeping his lips from smiling.
“No? Why would I be in contact with Chae Yoon?”
For a moment, Jae Oh’s eyes widened.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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