Taekyung stared at the monitor with a face holding back anger.
While Seoha was being harassed by reporters in Yangpyeong, Taekyung was struggling to resolve the situation.
Gyuwon tapped the desk with his tongue.
Taekyung lifted his head sharply, meeting Gyuwon’s sharp gaze. His face seemed to hope for anyone to provoke him and unleash his anger.
“Do you know what happened?”
“It seems to be Jin Yuna’s doing. When I traced the IDs from the initial community spread and checked the IP addresses, they were the same.”
Taekyung showed the monitor screen to Gyuwon, who approached him.
“Could this address be?”
“Yeah. It’s Jin Yuna’s home address.”
“Jin Yuna? Ha! Surely Miss Yuna didn’t report it?”
“I still don’t know that, but she’s been posting malicious comments, sympathizing with herself under different IDs.”
Taekyung answered dryly, but within, cold anger was burning.
Whether the reason Seoha was being tormented like this was simply because of his marriage to Yuna, or if there was another reason, Taekyung couldn’t figure it out.
But one thing was clear: it was probably because he hadn’t properly sorted out his relationship with Yuna.
If he had clearly sorted things out with Yuna, or better yet, vehemently refused a strategic marriage and expressed his intentions, wouldn’t Seoha and Minjun have been spared from the pain?
In the endless tide of family law and the onslaught of regret, Taekyung’s heart felt bitter.
Gyuwon shook his head uneasily. And calmly said,
“You’ll handle Miss Yuna yourself. It seems too big for Seoha and Minjun to receive mercy.”
“Gyuwon. Send someone to Yangpyeong to take care of Seoha and Minjun. I’d like to go immediately, but it seems I have to deal with this first.”
“Already done. I sent someone to Yangpyeong. Take this opportunity to officially announce your relationship with Miss Yuna. Silence won’t solve anything. If your feelings for Miss Seoha are firm, don’t give any unnecessary room for Miss Yuna or the chairman.”
In Gyuwon’s advice, not a reproach but a warning, Taekyung was flooded with regret.
“Yeah. I should have done that.”
“You know better. This is also a business. Your marriage can be the starting point of a political relationship, not just a simple union of love.”
“… I didn’t want to involve Seoha and Minjun in this.”
Taekyung wiped his face with both hands, wearing a pained expression.
Even if he were to announce his relationship with Yuna now, the wounds Seoha and Minjun received wouldn’t disappear or easily heal.
On the contrary, officially acknowledging their relationship would only make them more tempting prey for the media.
It was uncertain what malicious and arbitrary articles would be written about Seoha and Minjun.
To anyone, it was evident that the power of Representative Jin Cheol-wook, who stood behind Yuna, was substantial in writing negative articles about Jin Yuna. Seoha and Minjun, who had no background to protect them, might be torn apart.
The difference in power between Representative Jin Cheol-wook and me was clear.
It made Taekyung even more miserable.
“First, we need to take down the articles.”
As Taekyung sighed and spoke, Gyuwon also exhaled and expressed his opinion.
“We can’t stop articles going to the press with our power alone. You know. Even with acquaintances, it’s difficult to block everything that goes up on major portal sites.”
“So, that’s the dilemma.”
“Ask the chairman for help. If it’s the power of HY Group, it should be possible. We need to admit our limitations.”
Taekyung wasn’t denying his limits.
Rather, at this moment, Taekyung was more aware of his limitations than anyone else.
He was in the midst of feeling keenly that he was such a weak existence, so incompetent.
It was more agonizing to think that he couldn’t protect the woman and child he loved.
“Surely you’re not refusing help from the chairman because of your pride?”
“Pride? My pride isn’t the problem. It’s because of the chairman… Seoha left because of the chairman. Would he help me when he made Seoha leave?”
“If you want to protect Miss Seoha, do whatever it takes to protect her. You have to make the chairman help you by any means. Why do you keep sounding weak in such a way that’s unlike you?”
It was indeed an unexpectedly weak side of Taekyung. Gyuwon silently looked at such Taekyung and left the representative’s office.
Taekyung didn’t come out of the representative’s office for a long time, looking out the window, lost in thought.
He picked up his phone and made a call.
“It’s me. There’s something to discuss. I’ll come over.”
Taekyung ended the call with a determined expression.
Resolution. That was the word Taekyung was engraving on his heart right now.
Cafe near HY Group headquarters.
The table where Taekyung sat had a window stained with an unusually crimson sunset.
Taekyung took a sip of the espresso con panna placed in front of him.
He emptied the coffee in one gulp, licked the cream on his lips absentmindedly, and casually wiped his mouth with a tissue.
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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