“Young lady Yu Ha, come down for breakfast.”

At 7 AM breakfast time, as always, the housekeeper’s careful voice called for her. Yu Ha, who had been lying in bed, slowly got up and sluggishly headed downstairs.

She glanced indifferently at her family already seated around the table, then sat down at her spot at the very end.

The disapproving gaze of Yu Ha’s father, Jin Woo Chan, chairman of Hankyung Financial, seated at the head of the table, pierced her.

“Such a useless girl. You followed Kim Yi Hyun around for so long but couldn’t even win his heart? I agreed with Chairman Jang yesterday to call off your engagement.”

“What? Father!”

Yu Ha cried out without realizing. Sharp glares instantly converged on her.

“Girl, where do you get off raising your voice to your father? You should have held onto Director Kim Yi Hyun better.”

“I thought you at least had an eye for men, but you couldn’t even consider Kim Yi Hyun’s position. Tsk,”

At the mocking words of her mother, Lady Lee Young Joo, and her elder brother Jin Yoo Chul, Yu Ha bit her lower lip hard.

“I’ll… I’ll try meeting elder brother Yi Hyun again.”

“You think an already overturned marriage can be put back together? You’re so lacking, so lacking. I can’t stand the sight of you, go back to America.”

“No! I don’t want to go! Please believe in me just once. I’ll definitely win elder brother Yi Hyun’s heart. I absolutely won’t disappoint you. Please?”

The only responses to Yu Ha’s desperate cry were Yoo Chul’s scoffing laugh and Young Joo’s cold indifference.

Then Chairman Jin, who had been eating without even glancing at Yu Ha, set down his chopsticks with a clack and looked at her.

“I won’t give you long, so let’s see what you can do. We’ll see if even a sluggard has a talent for rolling.”

“Yes…”

Tears falling from her large eyes dampened the edge of the tablecloth. But not one family member paid any attention to Yu Ha.

In the end, Yu Ha, who had just been sitting there without even picking up her spoon, sprang up from her seat the moment Chairman Jin finished his meal and rose, and shut herself in her room.

“Sob, hic…”

Muffled crying flowed unceasingly from between the pillows.

A patriarchal family to the bone, everything revolving around only her father and eldest brother Yoo Chul.

On the surface, she seemed to live enjoying everything as the daughter of a chaebol family, but Jin Yu Ha’s reality was nothing more or less than a useless girl who was neither smart nor good at anything, an emotional trash can for the whole family.

That’s why Yu Ha had always been crooked and filled with resentment since childhood. One day she would crush her brother and parents who consistently ignored her, make them grovel before her.

And what would achieve that was none other than the position of mistress of the nation’s largest company, Jaein Group.

She thought it would be Kim Yi Hyun, the son of current Chairman Jang In Hwa, not the child of a previous marriage, among the two brothers of Jaein Group.

The moment she first saw him, she was captivated by his handsome looks, and when she found out who he was, he stole her whole heart.

From then on, Yu Ha firmly believed that this prince would save her and began to hover around Yi Hyun. However, Yi Hyun showed no interest in Yu Ha at all and treated her like dirt on his feet, just like other women.

“Hic, sob… I absolutely won’t give up. Just you wait and see.”

Yu Ha, who roughly wiped away the flowing tears, suddenly got up from her seat and hurriedly went downstairs. Young Joo’s disapproving gaze, who had just seen Yoo Chul off to work, briefly rested on her before quickly turning away.

“Did elder brother just leave?”

“Can’t you see?”

Yu Ha rushed past Young Joo, quickly opened the front door and went out, shouting at Yoo Chul who was crossing the yard towards the main gate.

“Elder brother!!”

“What?”

“Help me… Please help me.”

“Me, help you? Why?”

“If I become the daughter-in-law of Jaein Group, won’t that ultimately help you too? Even though elder brother Il Jun will become the group chairman, elder brother Yi Hyun is also a key figure in the group. You know how close those brothers are.”

Unlike us.

Yu Ha swallowed the last words, anxiously looking at her brother and chewing on her lower lip.

Knowing Yu Ha’s words were not wrong, Yoo Chul nodded lightly.

“That’s true. What help do you want?”

“Elder brother Yi Hyun… has a woman. It seems like quite a serious relationship. Find that woman for me.”

Yoo Chul’s eyes widened. Though he had no personal friendship with Yi Hyun, being the same age and one of the most famous second-generation chaebol, Yoo Chul also knew not a little about him.

“Ha! The noble playboy Kim Yi Hyun has a special woman? This is unexpected.”

“That’s why, find her for me. I just need to take care of that woman. Then… elder brother Yi Hyun will come back to me.”

The intense greed in Yoo Chul’s eyes as he looked at his twisted younger sister gleamed coldly like a snake.

“Alright. I’ll help you. I’ll contact you as soon as I find out, so don’t make a fuss and stay low. I mean, don’t do anything stupid.”

“…Thank you.”

With a bang, the main gate closed as Yoo Chul turned and left. Yu Ha collapsed right there.

“Whatever woman it is, I’ll find her and get rid of her. Just you wait and see.”

“Waaah, waaah~”

Ha Jun’s eyes, which had been lightly closed in a short nap, flew open at the small cry just like a kitten. As she moved in Yi Hyun’s arms, he also opened his eyes.

“Did our Yoon Woo wake up?”

At Ha Jun’s affectionate voice, Yoon Woo smacked his lips. Yi Hyun, who had already sprung up, checked Yoon Woo’s diaper without being told and pulled out a new one.

“Let’s change your diaper first and then have some milk. A cool guy’s manners start with a dry diaper, you know.”

Yi Hyun, who changed the diaper with practiced ease, held Yoon Woo in his arms and handed him to Ha Jun. Though he should have been tired from waking up with Ha Jun every time she got up to nurse throughout the night, Yi Hyun seemed to have no time to feel tired, constantly smiling as he looked at his wife and child.

Just then, Yi Hyun’s phone vibrated.

“Oh, what?”

− Please open the front gate, Director.

“You’re here?”

− Yes. That’s how it turned out.

“Tsk, how bothersome.”

Yi Hyun sprang up.

“Manager Han. No, Ji Won is here. I’ll go out for a bit.”

“Okay.”

Yi Hyun opened the front gate and went out to Ji Won, or more precisely, he frowned deeply at the scene spread out behind him.

“What’s all this?”

“The Chairman sent it. Did you really think grandmother would stay quiet after you sent those pictures? Really?”

In the hands of the employees standing behind Ji Won were loads of premium hanwoo beef sets, seaweed for postpartum mothers, ingredients for various health foods, and baby supplies.

“Well, let’s take it in and organize it first.”

“Yes!”

The employees rushed into the house.

“I won’t bother explaining how frustrated the Chairman was about not being able to come in person due to being busy. Anyway, are our sister-in-law and nephew inside?”

“It’s Yoon Woo’s milk time now. Wait a bit.”

“Pft!”

To hear that grumpy face say ‘milk time’!

Ji Won barely held back his laughter as he followed Yi Hyun into the house.

Yi Hyun frowned at the luggage already piled up in the living room.

“It’s cramped enough as it is, what’s all this? Tsk,”

“The overflowing love of your wealthy mother?”

Yi Hyun chuckled at Ji Won’s nonchalant answer.

“Right. You’re correct.”

Just then, the bedroom door opened and Ha Jun came out.

“Yi Hyun, what’s all this?”

“Your mother-in-law sent it, they say. Ah, this is Manager Han Ji Won. You’ve heard the name, right? Privately, he’s my college junior by a year, and officially, he’s my chief of staff.”

“Hello, sister-in-law! I’m Han Ji Won! I’ve heard a lot about you, but this is the first time we’re meeting. I look forward to getting along well!”

“Ah, yes… I’m Lee Ha Jun. Nice to meet you.”

Ha Jun responded dazedly to Ji Won’s polite greeting.

“Where’s our nephew? May I see him?”

“Yes, of course. He just fell asleep.”

Ha Jun carefully opened the bedroom door and led the way. Ji Won sat down in front of Yoon Woo lying on the floor and opened his mouth wide.

“Wow, he really looks like an angel. Yoon Ji is pretty too, but this one is really… Wow~ I’m speechless.”

“Because he’s so pretty?”

“He is pretty, but he’s like a mini Kim Yi Hyun. A very, very good mini version. A version with all the temper taken out.”

Yi Hyun frowned at the answer dripping with 100% pure sincerity, while Ha Jun barely held back her bursting laughter and chuckled.

“You’ll wake Yoon Woo, be quiet.”

“Ah! We can’t wake him. Then I’ll see more after he wakes up from his nap.”

Ji Won sprang up and went back to the living room. Then he took out a laptop and bundles of documents from the bag he had brought.

“What’s this?”

“Work from home equipment, right?”

“No way. I need to help Ha Jun with her postpartum care.”

“A helper will come from tomorrow to take care of that, so don’t worry about it. Even sister Se Ra, who actually gave birth, is returning to work after just a month off. Of course, she’ll be working from home for a while. Someone who didn’t even give birth directly should quietly work. Understand? The high-speed internet is being installed outside right now, so it should work very well, Di. Rec. Tor.”

As Yi Hyun’s eyebrow raised crookedly at Ji Won, who was annoyingly spouting only correct words, Ha Jun standing next to him grabbed his arm.

“Yi Hyun.”

“Oh, what?”

Ji Won’s mouth fell open at the sight of Yi Hyun’s expression instantly softening, his face filled with a sunny smile.

“Yi Hyun should work. With grandmother here and the helper coming, you don’t need to stick around too. It’s enough if you just give Yoon Woo a bath after work hours.”

“Are you sure you’ll be okay? I’m at home anyway, so make sure to call me if you need me, and I’ll try to stay by your side as much as possible.”

As he watched Yi Hyun holding Ha Jun’s hand tightly while talking, Ji Won realized he was now directly observing a scene he had only heard about but never seen before.

So this is what they mean by honey dripping from the eyes, he thought.