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The frozen heart in the deep dark brown eyes, the momentary courage was pure audacity.
Tap.
At the sound of the fork being placed down, the somewhat relaxed atmosphere shattered into pieces.
“Article 5, Clause 3 of the contract. Party B shall not interfere with Party A’s private life.”
Instead of answering, the man recited the contract clause, and his eyebrows slightly furrowed.
How many times has this happened before, and every time, reciting the contract clause, how annoying this man must have been, it clearly showed on his face.
“I apologize.”
The red lips that were lively until a moment ago tightly closed with a quick apology.
Even the obvious apology made Ji-wan rise from her seat with a face that looked as if she had been bitten.
Though it wasn’t very delicious, it seemed to have disturbed even the meal Help was urgently standing up to follow.
“I won’t do it, I won’t ask for anything! Just continue your meal, okay?”
Only the mistimed shout echoed emptily in front of the firmly closed door of the man’s study.
With a disappointed expression, Help, mumbling to herself, sat back down on the dining chair.
Shoe arranging was not a task for the other person but a long-standing habit, and since the meal was something I would do anyway, I was about to say not to feel burdened.
And perhaps, if the atmosphere improved, I could have asked what type of food he liked.
But instead of hearing even a fraction of the answer to the expected question, the conversation ended like that.
The tangy pasta sauce that filled the narrow mouth tasted strangely.
Ji-wan, who had deeply leaned her back into the leather chair in the study, closed and opened her eyes with a deep sigh.
The much distorted forehead, after recalling the previous moment, released a shallow sigh.
The people around me, generally, while I’m not around, either criticize or curse me, but in front of me, they groveled like candy in their mouths.
Hillnan, which was not done openly, was not worth stirring, and treating me decently in my place seemed appropriate.
But that petite woman, despite being scared and struggling, even smoothly matched the mood like candy in her mouth!
Strangely, I felt like I was being pulled around.
Even while observing me, the carefree weakness that wanted to do whatever it wanted and not be daunted by any reprimand was like that, and not being affected by any scolding in my place.
Since nothing was given away, there was no expectation, and the tees were poked thoroughly that there was no disappointment to be had.
At least, that’s how I felt.
All seven of the previous women earnestly poured out their hearts, expecting something different from me.
The tiresome end of giving my heart and showing tears at the sharp rejection was frustrating.
Not expecting or hoping for anything from me, not being disappointed or hurt, not having anything to do, it proudly showed that it didn’t have any expectations.
Now that the thing I had longed for was done so casually by that woman, it was strangely uncomfortable.
Ji-wan took out her cellphone and pressed number 2 deeply.
[Isol.]
The persistent headache that had persisted all day disappeared, only to be replaced by a feeling that surged again with a loud signal sound.
“Oppa!”
The high-pitched voice on the other end of the phone made my head buzz.
“No matter what, isn’t it too much not to invite me to the wedding? Why, afraid I’ll cause a scene? Should I have just worn a flashy dress and barged in? I should have at least witnessed that pretentious old lady shaking in fear with my own eyes.”
Ji-wan silently listened to the pretense of the woman who couldn’t even make eye contact with Lady Jang when she was in front of her.
“Oh, by the way. Do you know what I filmed yesterday? The premium townhouse built by Bando Construction!! It’s all thanks to you, right, Oppa?”
Woo-seok, who took care of the person within the boundaries of the company I serve, would have handled this contract with his delicate care.
Somewhere in my mouth, it felt as if an unswallowed pill was moving around.
“Oppa will probably say it’s not, but well. Still, thank you. Don’t think I’ll just overlook not being invited to the wedding. I’m not without hurt feelings. If you make people laugh at me like this one more time, I won’t stay quiet then.”
“…Is it about the potted plant?”
With a heavily furrowed brow, a single word spit out as if to say it couldn’t be tolerated any longer was exceptionally cold.
“Oh, right! Have you already gone? It’s huge, right? I chose the biggest one at the flower shop, sending it with all my heart, hoping for Oppa’s unhappiness. Don’t forget what I brought to you every time you see it.”
Smiling and throwing the arrow, standing there with her entire body immersed in it, Ji-wan took a deep breath.
“One more time.”
The emotionless voice without any sentiment could be interpreted differently by each listener, making it more sinister.
“If you do this kind of thing again.”
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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