Taming the Dangerous Lawyer Secretly (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 9
Even though she had shouted so desperately, Yoon Ji Woo, who had only been whining in irritation, shoved both the woman and Yeon Woo aside and swiftly darted outside by herself.
‘Honestly, she never changes.’
Suddenly pushed, Yeon Woo stumbled and her leg throbbed, but comforting the unwell woman came first.
Yeon Woo turned on the sink faucet, cleaned up the area with paper towels, and clicked her tongue inwardly.
As expected. Yoon Ji Woo had never been someone who brought any benefit to Yeon Woo’s life—not then, not now.
The youngest daughter of B Construction’s owner—a late-in-life child. Doll-like beauty. Constant attention and courtship from men.
And inevitably, the jealousy that trailed her from other women.
Back in college, during her time in L University’s Business Administration department, Yoon Ji Woo seemed to attribute her lack of genuine friends to precisely these reasons.
Of course, her classmates would’ve scoffed at such an idea.
“My stomach feels so bloated. I think I’ll skip lunch.”
“Why, Ji Woo? Are you not feeling well?”
“K Group’s eldest son kept asking to meet me yesterday. You know, that mid-sized company that just went public last week? I went to that new Japanese restaurant in Gangnam with him.”
“Oh… I see.”
“He kept insisting on treating me to only the best—kept offering me that 300,000-won omakase. And then the head chef came out personally to greet us, so how could I refuse? He even thanked me for visiting, and then gave us champagne as a complimentary service, so of course I had to drink it all. Afterward, using digestion as an excuse, he took me on a drive to the department store.”
Give Yoon Ji Woo an opening, and she’d pour out her story in two, even three stanzas.
Mostly pointless bragging about money, connections, and shopping—everything always revolving around herself—so she shared no common ground in conversation with ordinary peers her age.
“Here we go again. So annoying.”
“Shouldn’t you just focus on your assignments? Didn’t she skip her PT prep again yesterday?”
Most of their classmates either gossiped behind her back or deliberately ignored her to her face.
“Really? That sounds delicious. Once you’ve digested a bit, Ji Woo, just grab a simple sandwich or something.”
Yeon Woo, who got along smoothly with everyone, never showed any particular dislike toward Ji Woo either.
Thus, Yoon Ji Woo spent most of her university life glued right next to Kim Yeon Woo.
When Yeon Woo wore jeans, Yoon Ji Woo bought two pairs of nearly identical pants in different colors.
When Yeon Woo bought flats, the girl who used to wear only high heels showed up the next day in flats.
When Yeon Woo’s assignment received praise during class, Yoon Ji Woo separately visited the professor, thrusting forward her own assignment, and somehow always managed to get a good comment to brag about to other classmates.
Yeon Woo knew it well. Yoon Ji Woo’s excessive imitation was sometimes overwhelming. But because Yeon Woo was naturally easygoing, she never felt the need to set boundaries, thinking, ‘Why be picky over such things between friends?’
But from the day Cha Han Bin came to pick Yeon Woo up at the semester-opening party, Yoon Ji Woo’s suspiciously shifting attitude—her sudden interest in him—began to change.
“Yeon Woo, do you like Han Bin oppa?”
“Ah, no way. He’s just a close neighborhood oppa.”
No matter how much she tried to downplay it, Yeon Woo’s eyes—deeply smitten with her first love—gave her away.
And Yoon Ji Woo’s obsession went beyond merely copying her.
It was winter, just before their final senior-year finals—Cha Han Bin’s birthday.
Having resolved to confess, Yeon Woo prepared a hand-knitted scarf and was on her way to meet him when she received a frantic call from Ji Woo.
Yeon Woo… me…
“Hello? Ji Woo, what’s wrong? Did something happen?”
I’m just so exhausted. Is life really supposed to be this hard? Ugh… what should I do now?
“What happened? Yoon Ji Woo, where are you right now? Are you at home?”
Hic… sob!
The call ended abruptly.
She didn’t hesitate at all. Yeon Woo texted Cha Han Bin, then immediately hailed a taxi to Ji Woo’s officetel.
The whole way there, she trembled uncontrollably. Horrific scenarios and worst-case possibilities flooded her mind. On that cold winter day, she paced back and forth for hours, sweating with anxiety.
She kept redialing the unanswered phone, rang the doorbell, knocked on the door, then even went to campus, asking faculty members until she finally got Yoon Ji Woo’s parents’ contact information.
Should she call her parents? Or report it to the police?
Where on earth was Ji Woo? Please, let nothing bad have happened.
Just as she returned to the girl’s apartment, trying to steady her worried, swirling thoughts—
She heard a familiar high-pitched laugh from a distance. Despite having drained someone with worry like that, Yoon Ji Woo approached with unmistakable ease.
And beside her stood Cha Han Bin.
“Yoon Ji Woo… what are you doing right now…?”
She didn’t even register Cha Han Bin’s voice asking her what had happened.
“Oh, Yeon Woo! Were you waiting for me?”
“What was that phone call just now? Do you know how worried I was!”
Yeon Woo snapped back, her voice trembling with tears. The girl, blinking calmly beside a startled Cha Han Bin, answered cautiously.
“Oh… sorry. I was just struggling so much with my graduation thesis, I needed to vent a little.”
A lie.
Even through tear-blurred vision, the luxury scarf brand’s shopping bag in Cha Han Bin’s hand stood out clearly.
That’s when it hit her.
Kim Yeon Woo, you’ve been played.
Only then did Yeon Woo begin distancing herself from Yoon Ji Woo. And as Ji Woo drifted away from Yeon Woo, she drew closer to Cha Han Bin.
So Yeon Woo had to distance herself from Cha Han Bin, too—burying her feelings before she could even confess them.
Thankfully, the middle-aged lady’s vomiting had finally subsided.
Supporting the now much-improved woman, Yeon Woo led her outside. She gently helped the lady sit on a lobby sofa and sank down beside her with a sigh of relief.
“Are you feeling better now, madam? Let’s stay here together until your aide arrives.”
“It’s all thanks to you. But I feel so awful—your beautiful dress is completely soaked because of me.”
“It’s really no problem at all! Please don’t worry about it.”
The lady wiped her cold sweat and offered a faint smile, though her face remained pale. Yeon Woo felt genuinely sorry for her.
“Um, if you’re okay with it, may I hold your hand for a bit?”
Yeon Woo pointed to the lady’s hand using only eyes and gestures. Taking the nodding woman’s hand, she gently massaged it—astonished by how cold it was—but slowly, it began to warm in Yeon Woo’s grasp.
“We introduced ourselves earlier, didn’t we? You said you were from a law firm?”
Unexpectedly, the woman suddenly spoke fluent Korean.
Of course, Yeon Woo had already figured out who she was.
She was the wife of the chairman of the French Business Association—the event’s host. They’d been introduced earlier when Yeon Woo stood beside Kwon Jun Hwi.
But even more surprising and heartening was hearing Korean again in this venue—aside from Yoon Ji Woo, this was practically the first time.
Yeon Woo beamed, nodding repeatedly.
“Oh yes! I’m with Ro And Yul. But you speak Korean so well!”
“My son-in-law is Korean. I learned it to talk with him.”
What a relief. Yeon Woo immediately dropped her rudimentary French and switched comfortably to Korean.
Thanks to this, she also learned why the lady had suddenly vomited.
She’d always been extremely stressed in crowded places, and today, despite enduring it for the event’s sake, her body finally gave out.
“Are you sure you don’t need to go to the hospital? Should I call an ambulance right now?”
“I’ll be fine. Resting will help me recover.”
“Is there anything else I can do for you? Honestly, I don’t know much about your condition, so I’m not sure how best to help…”
“Not at all—you’ve already helped me more than enough. Jun’s fiancée is truly warm and considerate.”
Kwon Jun Hwi’s name must have been hard for Westerners to pronounce—many had been calling him simply “Jun” today.
But… Jun’s fiancée? His fiancée?!
Yeon Woo nearly leapt to her feet in shock right where she sat.
“No! We are absolutely not engaged! I’m just his coworker!”
“Oh my! Is that so? My apologies—I’m sorry. You two stood together so well-matched that I misunderstood.”
Well-matched? With that stoic, expressionless man? In what universe?!
She barely swallowed the words threatening to burst out, forgetting her manners. Instead, Yeon Woo forced a laugh and stressed once more that she was only his secretary.
“I see. But now that I hear this, I actually feel a bit sorry for you two.”
“Excuse me?”
“You seem like you could become much closer.”
As she said this, the lady shrugged and even added a wink.
Yeon Woo, still unaccustomed to Western humor, could only respond with an awkward smile.
Noticing her discomfort, the lady apologized again, this time in fluent Korean—saying she was sorry for being too forward with someone she’d just met.
“In Korean dramas, they call this kind of situation ‘joochaek,’ don’t they?”
“Oh, it’s fine! I know you were just joking.”
“I was just so happy to meet you. Actually, I used to be my husband’s secretary, too.”
Emma!
Just then, her husband’s voice called out from afar, searching for his wife.
The association chairman rushed over, barely catching his breath before anxiously checking his wife’s condition. Soon, other staff members began arriving one by one.
“Emma, honey! What happened? Are you okay?”
“I’m fine. How’s the event going?”
Hearing their exchange, Yeon Woo quietly slipped away. Now that her husband was here, she figured the lady would be fine without her.
More importantly, Yeon Woo herself was utterly drained—body and mind.
She’d spent the whole time tense in uncomfortable attire, then ran into Yoon Ji Woo, and even went through that unexpected incident—
Only to be mistaken for Kwon Jun Hwi’s lover! A break was absolutely necessary.
‘When will this weekend overtime finally end?’
Spotting an empty sofa nearby, Yeon Woo shuffled over to a quiet corner of the lobby and sank down with a groan.
“Oof, this hurts so bad…”
After confirming no one was around, she finally freed her feet from her 9cm heels. Her right foot, twisted earlier when shoved by Yoon Ji Woo, throbbed painfully.
With one hand pressing hard on her swollen foot, she checked the time on her phone: 8:10 p.m.
The commemorative event would be wrapping up soon. That meant she’d soon need to follow Kwon Jun Hwi around again, greeting clients.
She wanted to make the most of the short rest she had left before then.
After texting Jun Hwi that she’d be outside the event hall, she stretched her arms wide and rolled her neck.
“What a mess.”
Glancing down at her dress, she let out a hollow laugh.
Burgundy stains splattered all over her dress made it look terribly dirty. Setting aside whether it could even be cleaned, she worried if she could possibly stay at the party looking like this.
She fiddled with her fur stole, trying to cover the stained areas as best as possible. The upper body was the worst—no matter how she draped it, the stole neither fully concealed the stains nor looked stylish.
“Ugh. Whatever. I give up.”
Half-resigned, Yeon Woo tossed the stole onto the adjacent seat and picked up her phone again.
She couldn’t concentrate, but since she’d come here to work, she had to get things done.
As she stared at her notes, trying to recall if she’d missed anything—
“What are you doing here?”
A low voice accompanied approaching footsteps. It was Jun Hwi.
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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