Observing Taekyung, who stood by her side like a reliable pillar, Seoha cautiously opened her mouth.
“HY Group’s final interview was approaching. I was taken aback and didn’t know what to do when I found out about Minjun’s existence in a vulnerable state. That’s when Mom found out that I had Minjun. I didn’t know, but it seems like our mom went to the chairman, using Minjun as an excuse to demand money. After obtaining money from the chairman, she forcibly took me to the hospital, claiming that the chairman didn’t want a child like me.”
Listening to Seoha’s story, Taekyung couldn’t say a word.
He crumbled at the fact that she had gone through such a terrible experience alone.
Taekyung couldn’t comprehend how someone could do such a thing as Seoha’s mother did. Still, he couldn’t blame Seoha, who was his sister. He simply listened to Seoha’s story.
Surprisingly, Seoha spoke calmly.
“And I desperately ran away, barely escaping from those people. I couldn’t even think of calling you, fearing that Mom might find out.”
Seoha’s matter-of-fact storytelling made Taekyung’s heartache even more.
To make her endure such horrifying experiences alone.
Without knowing how Seoha was doing, misunderstanding everything by herself, and drowning in alcohol.
Taekyung felt pathetic and ashamed of himself.
Seoha, too, regretted her actions, not blaming the unexpected fear she felt and her decision to leave Taekyung at that time.
“If I had told you everything back then, how would we have been? I keep regretting it.”
Seoha lowered her head.
“Why couldn’t we talk to each other like this?”
“Yeah, I should have told the truth as well.”
Taekyung tightly embraced Seoha. Even without seeing her face, it was clear how much she had suffered with that small head of hers.
She had gone through the ordeal of giving birth to and raising a child alone.
Unable to do anything, he misunderstood Seoha, chose hurtful words, and blamed her for his own failures.
Taekyung’s heart pounded so much that he felt dizzy. If he could go back to that time, he would do anything to find Seoha until the end. He wouldn’t entertain the thought that Seoha abandoned him.
“No, it’s all my fault. I should have looked for you more. I shouldn’t have believed the sudden disappearance and nonsensical phone calls. I thought you abandoned me.”
“I’m sorry.”
“You’re not that kind of person. I was wrong. I was blinded by jealousy and couldn’t think properly. I should have searched every place you could have gone. I was a fool.”
As he learned more, he realized how foolish he had been.
Taekyung closed his eyes. With closed eyes, only Seoha’s wounded face came to mind.
Taekyung felt selfish and authoritarian.
He should have calmly listened to Seoha’s story.
When they met again, he should have doubted the absurd situation, considering that it could be a misunderstanding.
“Hyung, I hid Minjun from you because I was afraid that if the chairman found out about Minjun’s existence, he might take Minjun away from me. I thought the chairman didn’t want Minjun. But that wasn’t the case.”
“What?”
Taekyung, who also believed that Hyunyoung had chased Seoha away, was astonished by what Seoha was saying.
“Then what happened?”
“The director said that the chairman kept an eye on me. He asked me to work at Onnuri Kindergarten and take Minjun with me.”
“Ha. So, did Mom know that Minjun is my son? But why not me! Could it be because of Jin Yuna?”
“Maybe. I heard it was because of Congressman Jin Cheol-wook.”
“Oh, my goodness!”
To hear an unexpected name, Taekyung was breathless. Jin Yuna and Jin Cheol-wook. He knew they wanted to establish some connection with HY Group for political purposes.
If Taekyung’s brother, Taeju, hadn’t married Yoo Jung-yeon, the daughter of the chairman of the Yoo Han Group, Jin Yuna might have married Taeju.
“The director told me.”
“Ha. So, that’s what happened. I didn’t even know… What have I done?”
Taekyung felt dismal.
How much he didn’t know.
In his arrogance, thinking he knew everything, he failed to protect the people who mattered.
Taekyung tightly embraced the small and soft Seoha and buried his face in her neck.
He was so inadequate, causing all these things.
“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry.”
“I’m sorry too. The chairman asked for forgiveness, but I think the one who needs to ask for forgiveness is me. Because of our mom, or that woman, all this happened.”
“I’m the worst. How can I comfort your wounds? How can I make up for the past five years with our Minjun?”
Tears welled up in Taekyung’s eyes. Seoha’s eyes were teary again.
Both Taekyung and Seoha felt sorry, not only to each other but also to Minjun.
Moreover, Taekyung couldn’t shake off the guilt that he failed to take care of Seoha, who had been asked for forgiveness by the mother he had stood up against.
If Seoha weren’t there, he might have collapsed and wept. But even crying seemed sinful.
Did he have the right to do so?
If he let himself go in the current emotional storm, who would protect Seoha?
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
