A few days later, after being discharged from the hospital, Yulli applied for a one-week sick leave from work. Since she had leftover vacation days planned for the honeymoon, it didn’t cause much disruption to her duties.

Jeho visited the hospital every day until the day of her discharge. It wasn’t easy to face each other, and as he hadn’t yet decided how to handle the situation, he couldn’t afford to show any signs. Fortunately, during her sick leave, she would be staying at her parents’ house, creating a week of time to avoid Jeho.

For the first two days after being discharged, Yulli stayed in bed continuously. The aftereffects of the consecutive shocks were now showing, and she had no strength left to move a finger. During her almost lifeless sleep, Yulli turned off her phone.

She couldn’t bear to see any messages from Jeho.

It took about three days for her energy to gradually return. Nevertheless, she spent most of her time in bed, occasionally going out to the terrace to bask in the sunlight.

Today, too, Yulli sat in a lounge chair on the terrace, deeply immersed in thought. Before going to work, she had to decide what to do next.

In truth, whether she made a decision or not, swearing at him to disappear in front of her was enough.

But she didn’t want to end the relationship so easily.

For whose benefit? If they broke up like this in the current situation, she would be the only one at a loss.

Minwoo’s expulsion from the overseas branch was orchestrated by Congressman Chae. If Congressman Chae hadn’t intervened, no matter how terrible Minwoo’s actions were, Chairman Kwon wouldn’t have blinked an eye.

The biggest beneficiary of this incident was, of course, Jeho.

If he hadn’t stolen Yulli’s heart, the strategic marriage would have proceeded as planned, and Minwoo would have solidified his succession to the KG Group.

Now that the thorn-like Minwoo was gone, perhaps her value to him had also diminished. If that were the case, he might subtly reveal his true colors. It might be getting tiresome to pretend to like her.

Yulli wondered how Jeho would push her away.

Of course, there was a way for her to return to the United States immediately, but there was still a project that he needed to finish in Korea. If she abruptly stopped working and left, it would tarnish his reputation as a responsible architect.

“Are you on the terrace right now?”

Suddenly, there was a commotion from somewhere. When she turned her head toward the noise, Hyunkyung was rushing toward her with a worried expression.

“Hey, Chae Yulli! You were hospitalized? But why didn’t you contact me at least? What’s going on? Look at her face. She’s completely half gone, tsk.”

Hyunkyung made a clucking sound with her tongue and cupped Yulli’s cheek with both hands, examining her face with concern. When she saw the evidence of her pain just by looking at her face, Hyunkyung’s face twisted.

“What the heck happened? Look at her, she’s completely half gone, tsk.”

Hyunkyung made a clucking sound with her tongue and cupped Yulli’s cheek with both hands, examining her face with concern.
“Hyeonkyung, why are you here? Aren’t you supposed to be in Switzerland by now?”

“Hey, you’re sick, and I should leisurely travel?!”

“If you just barge in like this, what am I supposed to do? What about your mother?”

Yuri felt guilty about Hyeonkyung rushing back from Europe because of her. She endured without contacting her, thinking it might be better. Hyeonkyung released Yuri, shrugging as if it was nothing.

“Don’t worry. Mom came back with me. Actually, I came instead of Dad because I wanted to. Mom found it boring to travel alone without Dad, so when I said I’m going first, she happily packed her bags with me. She says being at home with Dad is better than traveling with me. Hmph.”

Hyeonkyung rambled about her lovely parents as if it were nothing.

“Fortunately.”

“By the way, did Kwon Minwoo finally get into an accident?”

Hyeonkyung poured out curses with an excited face.

“Stalking, damn psycho! That jerk, I never thought he’d cause a big accident. Kicked out of the Paris branch, he’s ruined.”

“How do you know about that?”

Only Assemblyman Chae and Chairman Kwon knew about it. Just in case, Yuri didn’t tell Yuna and Mrs. Ahn. But Hyeonkyung, who was in Europe, seemed to know everything. Even with the excellent Cheonga Group information team, it seemed unlikely to dig that deep.

“I bumped into Minwoo by chance in Paris. That crazy guy didn’t even know his own fault and complained to me. Since I tried to protect you, I got kicked out and came to Paris as a scapegoat.”

“Minwoo tried to protect me?”

“Yeah. He was worried about you living alone, so he installed surveillance devices to look after you. He shamelessly told me that.”

“Ha, ha.”

Yuri burst into laughter with an amazed expression.

Whether it’s Minwoo who doesn’t know that what he did is a crime, or Kwon Jeho who seduced a woman he doesn’t love to take possession of what he wants, they’re all a mess among cousins.