Se-kyung looked down at the photo again. Then, maybe the person she saw at that time was just someone who looked similar?
“I don’t know the details. It seems there were some rumors going on behind the scenes. Rumor has it that O-ye-ri has a close relationship with the CEO’s family. Anyway, O-ye-ri had a very independent personality, and at that time, Manager Kang and CEO Jin went through a lot. And after that incident, the former CEO… I mean, Jin Tae-jo, who is now our CEO’s older brother, took over all the shares and raised the company.”
“I didn’t know such a thing happened.”
“It’s hard to know. It’s not a good thing. And that person is not affiliated with our company now. Moreover, from that time until now, there are only a few people left in the company.”
Director Song counted the number as if folding his fingers. Then, as if something suddenly occurred to him, he showed Se-kyung a photo on the tablet.
“By the way, I got a picture like this earlier. Is this person you, Se-kyung?”
Se-kyung narrowed her eyes as she looked at the photo on the screen.
The car parked in front of the restaurant, a man opening the passenger seat door, and a woman standing next to him.
It was a photo from the day when Se-kyung went out for breakfast with Tae-jo.
“Yes. That’s me.”
“Oh, dear. Looks like the paparazzi followed.”
Director Song wrinkled his nose, looking embarrassed. The noise from the hallway seemed to be getting louder, and Tae-jo’s figure began to appear.
“Director Ji is here. It seems the conversation is over.”
Song touched Se-kyung’s arm, suggesting that she should go out. Se-kyung followed Director Song to the corridor.
“Director, is the conversation over?”
“Yes. Oh? Is that Se-kyung here?”
Director Song greeted, and Director Ji, who was giving eye contact to Song, noticed Se-kyung and widened his eyes. Se-kyung smiled slightly and greeted Director Ji first.
“Hello, Director Ji.”
“Oh, we were talking about Se-kyung just a moment ago. Nice to meet you. Is this the first time we’ve met in person?”
Although she had seen him at an awards ceremony before. Since they hadn’t exchanged greetings, she omitted that part.
“Yes. But why my story…”
“I’m currently writing a script for an OTT drama. The front part is about to be shown, so CEO Jin came to show it. Oh, hasn’t CEO Jin said anything yet? That I want to cast Se-kyung?”
Se-kyung glanced at Tae-jo. Come to think of it, he mentioned something similar during a previous meal.
Director Ji is considering her as the top priority for casting. Is that thought still unchanged?
“I heard something like that before.”
“The drama is doing well, so many scripts are coming in these days, right? Have you decided on your next project, Se-kyung? Since I brought one episode of the script to CEO Jin earlier, take a look.”
“Yes. I’ll do that.”
“If you have a chance, let’s work together this time. I’ll be waiting for your call. CEO Jin, I’ll go now. See you again next time.”
After checking the time on his watch, he said goodbye and got on the elevator. As the elevator door closed with a smooth sound, Tae-jo looked down at Se-kyung.
“When did you arrive?”
“Twenty minutes ago.”
“Then you should have let me know you were here.”
“I didn’t wait long. Je-hoon brought something to drink.”
Se-kyung glanced at the direction of the office where she had been. “Let’s go to my office for now. Director Song, you come too. You have something to report to me.”
“Yes. Please go in first. I have something to take care of. I’ll follow soon.”
Director Song hastily moved toward his office. Se-kyung placed the file she had seen earlier on the shelf and took her bag to Tae-jo’s office.
“You said you were going straight home after the hospital, didn’t you? I thought you’d go home as soon as the examination was over.”
“I considered it. But I have something to show you.”
“What?”
Looking curious, Tae-jo watched Se-kyung take out an ultrasound photo from her bag.
“This is a 3D ultrasound photo of the baby. According to Dr. Shim, it seems to be a boy.”
“A boy? Can you already know the gender?”
Se-kyung nodded her head. Tae-jo, staring intently at the ultrasound picture, turned his gaze towards Se-kyung.
“Angkko seems to resemble his mom more.”
“Oh, really? I thought he looked exactly like you when you were sleeping.”
Tae-jo handed the ultrasound picture to Se-kyung. As she touched the end of the photo, Tae-jo raised his chin, forming a sly smile.
“I thought you always woke up later than me. Were you secretly watching me sleep?”
“W-who said I was secretly watching!”
Se-kyung exclaimed indignantly.
“I just happen to wake up earlier than you sometimes.”
Blushing, Se-kyung explained while clearing her throat. Tae-jo, who remained silent, corrected the address that slipped out of her mouth.
“Call me Tae-jo, not CEO.”
Se-kyung, her face flushed, made excuses with a cough. Tae-jo remained silent and corrected the title that slipped out of her mouth.
“Not CEO, call me Tae-jo, please.”
“…….”
“Or you can call me ‘당신’ or ‘자기.'”
‘Dangshin’ or ‘jagi’?
Se-kyung, taken aback by the unexpected new titles, pursed her lips like a goldfish.
“Why? Can’t you call me ‘jagi’? But soon everyone will know, isn’t it a bit much to keep calling me CEO? Even in front of our family, you won’t call me CEO, will you?”
“I’ll try to change.”
Se-kyung agreed willingly. It did seem awkward to call him CEO in front of Tae-jo’s family.
Still, the title CEO continued to stick, and how could she change it overnight?
But calling him ‘당신’ or ‘자기’…
“…….”
Se-kyung looked at Tae-jo and bit her lip. She wanted to try closing her eyes and calling him ‘jagi,’ but she didn’t want to risk it falling apart like a poorly attached denture.
Was calling oneself or the other person such an itchy word?
“Not calling?”
“What?”
“What you’re thinking right now.”
Se-kyung rolled her eyes subtly.
How does he know what I’m thinking? How can the CEO know?
“Is it difficult? Calling me ‘jagi’?”
Tae-jo, whispered, leaned towards Se-kyung. They were so close that their noses almost touched.
“It still feels awkward.”
“…….”
“Calling you ‘당신’ or ‘자기.'”
The hand on her thigh tightly clenched the edge of her skirt. Tae-jo’s breath, who was smiling, tickled Se-kyung’s lips.
“What’s wrong? You’re doing well.”
The closely pressed lips of the two softened and were about to touch again.
Knock, knock.
“Come in.”
When Tae-jo straightened up, the door opened immediately. Behind Director Song, Kang Manager was seen coming in.
“Hmm? It seems a bit hot in here. Shouldn’t we ventilate?”
Sitting opposite Se-kyung, Manager Kang loosened his tie. Then he reached for the hunting script on the table.
“Oh, Director Ji brought the script……”
Manager Kang, holding the script, looked at Se-kyung. When she avoided his gaze with a flushed face, Manager Kang glanced at Tae-jo.
Meeting eyes, Tae-jo raised his thick eyebrows cheekily.
“What?”
“…Nothing.”
Manager Kang, muttering inwardly about the room being too hot because of this, began fanning himself with Director Ji’s script.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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