“Let’s go have lunch, everyone. Shall we, Yuna?”
“Yes, Chairman.”
Yuna quickly grabbed her designer bag and followed Hyunyoung. Half of the onlookers sighed in admiration, while the other half showed displeasure.
Yuna cozied up to Hyunyoung as they left the office.
“How have you been? The temperature dropped suddenly. Are you keeping well?”
“Thanks to your concern, I’m doing fine.”
They looked like a close mother-daughter duo. Yuna had intentionally aimed for this.
Hyunyoung, aware of Yuna’s intentions, played along.
They sat opposite each other in a fancy Japanese restaurant Hyunyoung had reserved.
Yuna had offered to prepare it, but Hyunyoung insisted on this place.
“I hope it suits your taste.”
“It’s a famous restaurant. Thank you so much. And please, speak informally to me. It feels distant if you keep talking formally, Mom.”
Yuna emphasized the word ‘Mom’ deliberately.
Today, she was determined to get a firm answer about her marriage to Taekyung.
She had been looking at Taekyung for six years.
The year Taekyung dated Kim Seoha, she could overlook.
Who hasn’t dated before getting married?
Even if Taekyung had done more than just dating, Yuna could forgive him as long as he became her man.
“But there are eyes watching, so wouldn’t it be better to be cautious? Let’s eat before the food gets cold.”
“Yes, you’re right, Madam. I was short-sighted.”
Yuna kept a soft smile on her lips.
Crafty old woman. Unsettling how she seems almost within reach but not quite.
“Taekyung seems very busy these days. It’s hard to see his face. I guess I should understand, being in business myself?”
“Yuna is so considerate. Thank Taekyung for being inattentive.”
“The one who loves more is the weaker one, isn’t it? I want to advance our relationship further with Taekyung. I want to present you with a child resembling him.”
Yuna became more overt in revealing her desires to Hyunyoung.
“Thank you for thinking even of this old lady, but you should consider your career. It would be a loss for our company if a talented person like Yuna had her career interrupted by pregnancy and childrearing. No need to rush.”
Yuna bit her teeth secretly upon hearing Hyunyoung’s words.
Crafty old woman. She’s not an easy opponent.
“Thank you for valuing me so highly. I still have much to learn.”
“Humble, aren’t you? Let’s eat.”
Yuna’s twisted heart eased at Hyunyoung’s compliment.
Just need to keep pushing little by little.
Having waited six years, what are a few more?
She consoled herself, thinking of it as a step back for a two-step advance.
Determined not to back down.
After successfully finishing lunch with Hyunyoung, Yuna’s phone rang upon returning to the office.
[CEO Han went to Yangpyeong again today.]Yuna’s expression turned grave instantly.
It was a text from the junior secretary she had bribed at T&K.
Suppressing her uneasy intuition, Yuna texted back.
[How often does he go to Yangpyeong these days?] [He seems to go twice a week due to a shortage of educational instructors. Even if not on a business trip, he often goes to Yangpyeong after work.]Taekyung had been frequently visiting Yangpyeong recently, supposedly because of a shortage of instructors, but Yuna’s intuition told her otherwise.
Was the company in trouble if the CEO himself had to teach classes?
That didn’t seem likely, considering the state of T&K and its co-CEO Kyuwon.
There was something she didn’t know. Did he have another woman?
Yuna, biting her nails, texted her secretary.
[What’s the name of the kindergarten in Yangpyeong he goes to?] [Onnuri Kindergarten.]Onnuri Kindergarten. Yuna, clutching at her anxious heart, typed the name into an internet search bar.
On the homepage, she clicked through various sections until her mouse cursor stopped at the staff introduction page.
There was Kim Seoha’s name.
Taekyung had arrived in Yangpyeong for the coding class at Onnuri Kindergarten in the afternoon but came down early in the morning.
Kyuwon disapproved of Taekyung’s behavior, but Taekyung wasn’t one to care about such things.
When Taekyung arrived at the kindergarten, the atmosphere was somewhat chaotic. The children were excited, and the teachers were busy managing them.
“CEO Han, you’ve come quite early today.”
“Principal, how are you? I came a bit early to monitor classes at other kindergartens in Yangpyeong.”
“I see.”
Yunhee greeted Taekyung with a warm smile. Taekyung felt grateful towards her.
“Seems like the kids are going somewhere today.”
“Yes, today is the monthly swimming experiential learning day for the 5-year-old and 7-year-old classes.”
“Oh, is it okay with the weather getting colder?”
“It’s an indoor swimming pool, so there shouldn’t be any major issues.”
Yunhee and Taekyung stood side by side, watching the children board the kindergarten’s minibus.
Two vehicles, the kindergarten minibus and Minseop’s MS Sports Center van, were there to transport the children.
Among them, Minjun’s excited figure caught Taekyung’s eye. He was the picture of a lively youngster.
Taekyung couldn’t help but smile like a proud father. Yunhee didn’t miss this expression.
However, when Minseop overtly took care of Minjun, Taekyung felt an inexplicable irritation brewing inside.
“But isn’t that PE teacher favoring the children too much? He seems overly attentive to Minjun.”
Yunhee softly responded to Taekyung’s blunt remark.
“Do you think so? It’s inevitable for Teacher Kwak to pay more attention to Minjun.”
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
