The moment he felt guilty for not loosening the untouched sincerity despite receiving an expensive gift, for some reason, his face turned awkward.
With a somewhat dejected expression, Dohjoon took his phone in his hand. He decided that he should send a message since he was concerned.
But what should he say?
Dohjoon was not used to this. He regretted the fact that he had never contacted her first. He opened and closed the message window repeatedly.
If only there were some excuse.
As he pondered, his eyes fell on the Dark Black figure. Thinking about it, there seemed to be a somewhat plausible excuse to contact her.
Dohjoon immediately typed a message.
“What do you think of the Dark Black limited edition figure, Miss Lee Sookyung?”
After calmly pressing the send button, Dohjoon couldn’t help but exhale a sigh at his own patheticness.
He sent a message to a woman out of the blue at 11 PM, asking for her thoughts on a Dark Black limited edition figure.
It was too late to pretend it didn’t happen, though. Tick-tock. As the time waiting for a reply grew longer, so did his anxiety.
Ding dong!
When the reply finally came from her, he opened his phone at lightning speed.
“I think it’s good.”
Dohjoon nodded slightly. What did she mean by “good” in this context? After thinking for a while, he came to a conclusion and typed a reply.
“That’s good. I’ll give it to you, Sookyung.”
“The Dark Black limited edition figure?”
“Yes, I have one rolling around at home.”
A Dark Black limited edition figure worth millions rolling around at home. Well, it was cute. Kwon Dohjoon might not realize that he himself was cute.
After exchanging messages with Dohjoon, Sookyung, who had put her phone on the bar, turned her body slightly to the left.
“I’m sorry for the urgent message.”
As she apologized with a refined tone, the man sitting next to her clapped his hands in a polite gesture.
“It’s okay. Please don’t worry.”
Smiling slightly in courtesy, Sookyung tilted the Ondorox glass with her lips, then leaned over to hand over the proposal in front of her. They were having a quiet drink at a deserted bar for a business-related meeting.
As time passed and Sookyung finished reviewing the contents, she expressed doubt.
“But is it okay to just show me this kind of secret?”
The man replied solemnly, “You said you wouldn’t take the job without seeing a specific proposal.”
Sookyung, displeased, narrowed her eyes and sighed, muttering, “Oh, how irritating.” That person is irritating in every way, especially in situations like this. He knows Sookyung too well.
Nevertheless, Sookyung conveyed her intentions. “What can you do? Even if I apologize, you would have refused without the proposal anyway. I plan to play around like this for a while, maybe even continue to play around.”
“Oh, I regret that. Is there a special reason why a young person like you is wasting your abilities?”
“You probably couldn’t guess, but my dream is to live comfortably.”
“Ah…”
“So, I’m getting married. I’ve already found a good man.”
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Arriving right on time, the front of the kindergarten was already bustling.
Carrying a backpack, Junghyeok looked toward the entrance. When he extended his neck to see better, he spotted Yoo Siwoo standing in front of the entrance, looking around.
“Yoo Siwoo.”
“Huh?”
As his name was called, Siwoo’s eyes sparkled, and he widened his eyes when he saw Junghyeok. Then he ran toward him with a big smile.
“Uncle! Hello!”
After politely bowing with a pat on the belly, Siwoo reached out to hug him. Junghyeok chuckled at his confidence. It felt so natural now that it brought a strange feeling.
When Junghyeok stood up with Siwoo in his arms, it felt substantial. It seemed like he had grown a bit in just a few days.
Tilting his head and looking up at Junghyeok’s face, Siwoo’s shy eyes turned round when Junghyeok lightly tapped his cheek. Smiling happily, Junghyeok sniffed his soft hair, and a gentle fragrance wafted through.
“Uh… Where’s Mom?”
“Go to Mom now.”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
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After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
