“When did she have a child?”
It must have been around the time Seoha disappeared. Yuna estimated the child’s age and calculated the possible pregnancy period.
“Was Seoha’s disappearance because of the child?”
She wanted to believe that the child was not Taekyung’s. But the child’s striking resemblance to Taekyung pulled her heart down to despair.
Yuna’s mind was in turmoil.
‘As Hyojae mentioned, is that child really Taekyung’s? Is Taekyung still unable to give up on Seoha, knowing she has a child?’
If Taekyung knew this fact, it would be the worst scenario for Yuna.
And if her father, Cheolwook, found out about the child, he would certainly oppose the marriage.
But how could Yuna give up on Taekyung?
She couldn’t possibly raise Taekyung’s child with another woman.
Absolutely not.
The child was like a thorn in her side, even cursed, the son of Kim Seoha.
If it wasn’t for Seoha, Taekyung would have been hers long ago.
“It may not be Taekyung’s child. It has to not be!”
Regardless of whether the child was Taekyung’s or not, she had to separate Seoha and Taekyung.
Yuna clenched her jaw, her face contorted with frustration. She didn’t even feel the pain from the intense grip.
She dredged up memories of Seoha.
“Aha! Kim Seoha’s mother! Hyojae’s tone when he mentioned Seoha’s mother was suspicious.”
Yuna had seen Seoha’s mother before.
In college, she had witnessed Seoha arguing with a middle-aged woman in front of the central library.
The woman, despite having a hint of resemblance to Seoha but with a completely different aura, had roughly grabbed Seoha’s wrist and dragged her away, uttering harsh words, regardless of the onlookers.
“That’s her. That vulgar-looking woman.”
Yuna turned on her phone camera app and stealthily took several shots of Seoha playing in the sand with children in the kindergarten yard, then made a call with a cunning smile.
“I’m looking for the child’s biological father and grandmother. Kim Seoha, a teacher at Onnuri Kindergarten in Yangpyeong, 28 years old, a graduate of Child and Family Studies. The child should be about 7, no, 5 years old.”
“Any other information? Any suspects for the child’s biological father?”
“Please request a paternity test with Han Taekyung, the CEO of T&K. Isn’t this enough?”
“Understood. We’ll start as soon as you send the initial fee.”
“As quickly as possible.”
Yuna twisted her lips into a sly grin and ended the call.
She muttered to herself while glaring at Seoha.
“I have to prevent Kim Seoha and Taekyung from meeting.”
Hyunyoung did not want to reveal everything about the past to her son.
She thought it might be better to be misunderstood herself.
She sank deep into her office chair, sighing heavily.
Hyunyoung had not vehemently opposed Seoha. She was just the girl her son was chasing.
Hyunyoung trusted her son’s judgment. From her observations, Seoha was a well-balanced girl, neither excessive nor lacking. She thought Seoha would be just fine.
She did not want to constrain her son’s life with an arranged marriage of convenience.
Being a sacrificial lamb for such a marriage was enough for herself.
She did not want to burden Taekyung, not even the second son, with the heavy load of the company.
But the woman claiming to be Seoha’s mother who burst into the chairman’s office was something Hyunyoung couldn’t accept.
Her lips, painted in bright red lipstick, were full of desire. Her overly flashy attire oozed tackiness, blatantly displaying her vanity.
“In the office of a big corporation’s chairman, yet it’s quite modest, ho ho. I’m Seoha’s mother.”
“You say you’re Seoha’s mother? What brings you here?”
“Our Seoha is carrying this family’s child. What are you going to do about it?”
Hyunyoung’s feelings towards Seoha cooled due to Seungae’s impudent behavior.
“What do you mean?”
“Having a child before marriage, where is such a law? I can’t accept this child, so pay for the damages. You’ve ruined my daughter’s life, so at least give us a building in Gangnam. After all, money’s abundant in Taekyung’s family, isn’t it?”
Hyunyoung just stared at Seoha’s mother Seungae, who bluntly brought up money, without blinking an eye. As Hyunyoung showed no reaction, Seungae started to get restless.
‘I expected her to either get angry or readily agree, so I could extort money.’
Seungae bit the inside of her lip, calculating inwardly.
She was desperate, needing to pay off her overdue credit card bills and her lover Hyungjin’s gambling debts.
“Well, if that’s too much for you, I can compromise. We’re in a hurry, so if you give us just one apartment, I won’t use Taekyung as an excuse to hold the child back. We’ll take care of the child ourselves. I’m good at keeping such promises.”
Seungae started to negotiate herself out of anxiety, slurping her tea loudly.
Hyunyoung twisted her lips in a sneer.
“If you’re taking care of it yourself, we’d be grateful.”
“Pfft! What? You can’t just leave it! You think I’m going to let this slide? I’ll spill it to the media. What will happen to Taekyung’s image then?”
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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