The Sin of Loving Me (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 13
“Do Jun…”
For the first time, he showed his emotions right in front of Hae Joo—so bluntly and honestly.
His desperation was as deep as someone standing on the edge of a cliff, making Hae Joo’s heart swell uncontrollably.
She even wondered if this reaction was normal.
“While I was away, did something happen between you and Director Lee?”
Do Jun shifted his stance. The way he licked his lower lip made him seem like he’d explode at the slightest provocation.
Do Jun stayed silent.
Thinking he was holding back his anger, Hae Joo quietly waited.
“I won’t ask why. Just don’t go.”
Hae Joo was also in a tough spot.
Yesterday during their call, Jin Han had only suggested having tea together after dinner—that was all.
Yet now, out of the blue, he was insisting she come to the office because of some work matter.
This charity fashion show and party was hosted by luxury brand L, and their head designer would be attending.
Hae Joo already knew she’d been invited early on, so it wasn’t as if she had nothing to do there.
“Do Jun.”
“What?”
“I’ll just stop by the office, check the outfits, and come right back. That should be fine, right?”
“Do you really not know why Director Yoo Jin Han wants to see you alone?”
“He’s always cared about me—that’s all.”
“If he really cares about you, why can’t he speak up and ask to remove those explicit scenes from your movie?”
“About that part…”
Hae Joo was an actress under GN Entertainment. As long as she was under contract, she had a duty to fulfill her responsibilities diligently.
Still, it wasn’t like Jin Han to summon her to the office without prior notice.
It was unexpected precisely because she’d always appreciated his thoughtful, well-mannered professionalism.
“Go if you want.”
Do Jun turned completely away.
Seeing his clearly angry expression, Hae Joo calmly tried to reason with him.
“Just know that I don’t let myself get dragged around blindly by the company.”
“What?”
“I mean, my relationship with Director Yoo Jin Han is purely professional—nothing more, nothing less.”
“…”
“I originally thought he just wanted to talk since he’d invited me for tea after dinner.”
Do Jun’s eyes weren’t so easily fooled. Jin Han saw Hae Joo not as an agency actress, but as a woman.
“So you’re still going?”
“If he suddenly asks to meet about work out of nowhere, shouldn’t I at least pretend to go?”
Hae Joo was a responsible adult. She was entangled in social relationships and couldn’t simply do only what she wanted.
Do Jun didn’t want Hae Joo to be dragged into these unpleasant everyday complications. He felt it was enough for him to bear alone.
“Do you really want to act like this as an actress?”
“This is the first time I’ve ever felt special.”
He’d waited for Hae Joo all this time—couldn’t he wait just a little longer for this one thing?
A bit more pain, a bit more loneliness—who didn’t know that already?
It’s because I like you.
Hae Joo… I like you so damn much.
In the end, Do Jun lost again today.
“Go ahead. Handle your work well.”
“I’ll just pick the outfit and come right back.”
“No provocative stuff.”
“Something appropriate.”
“Cover your shoulders, back, and thighs completely.”
Hae Joo’s eyes narrowed as she glared at Do Jun.
She was an actress, after all—if she covered everything up, what was left to wear?
“Those are my conditions.”
“…Fine.”
“I’ll go ahead first.”
“How are you going?”
“On foot.”
“Wait! I’ll drive you to the office.”
Do Jun reluctantly got into the passenger seat.
Relieved at least a little, Hae Joo got into the driver’s seat and fastened her seatbelt.
“I’m heading out.”
Hae Joo pulled onto a narrow road with no separate sidewalk.
She drove slowly, avoiding pedestrians and oncoming cars.
Suddenly, a car sped up behind them on the already narrow road, pulling right up close and blaring its horn aggressively.
“Why’s he doing that?”
Hae Joo checked the rearview mirror. Even though the speed limit was 30 km/h, the driver kept honking impatiently because she wasn’t moving faster.
Eventually, the driver recklessly crossed the center line and pulled up beside Hae Joo’s car.
He rolled down his window and immediately started yelling.
“Ugh, seriously! Lady, why the hell are you blocking the road? If you can’t drive, just stay home and take care of your kids!”
Shocked by the verbal abuse, Hae Joo hit the brakes. Just as she was about to roll down her window in disbelief, Do Jun opened his door.
“Do Jun!”
“Stay inside.”
Do Jun stepped out of the car.
The aggressive driver turned pale when he saw Do Jun’s fierce, dark amber eyes.
Intimidated by Do Jun’s imposing height and build—clearly not an ordinary person—the driver shrank back.
“Say that again.”
“Ah, no—I didn’t mean it! I’m just in a bit of a hurry, so I spoke…”
Do Jun leaned down, resting his arm on the other car’s open window. The now-shrinking driver nervously swallowed hard.
“Hand over your car keys.”
“What? Why?”
“I’m pulling the exact footage of your rant from the dashcam and handing it over to the police.”
“I made a mistake. Please just let it go this once.”
The man desperately pleaded, but his earlier insults toward Hae Joo couldn’t be undone.
“Keys!”
Tearfully and reluctantly, the driver handed over his car keys.
After glancing at the heavily modified vehicle, Do Jun threw the keys far into a nearby pile of trash.
“Get lost.”
Do Jun turned back and returned to Hae Joo’s side. As if nothing had happened, he fastened his seatbelt and slightly loosened his tie.
“Aren’t we going?”
“Is that really okay?”
“Yeah. Go ahead.”
Looking back, they saw the rude driver sprinting madly toward the trash pile to find his keys—his car inconveniently parked across the center line.
He grumbled as oncoming drivers cursed at him.
Hae Joo’s car smoothly merged onto the main road.
She wanted to say something to Do Jun but couldn’t find the words, only moving her lips silently.
“What do you want to say?”
“Well…”
“Say it.”
“Sometimes when I look at you, Do Jun, you seem totally crazy.”
Even after saying it, Hae Joo nervously watched Do Jun’s reaction.
“Not in a bad way!”
Do Jun fixed her with a sharp glare.
Thinking she’d made a mistake and about to apologize, Do Jun spoke in a flat, even tone.
“This is actually a lot better than before.”
“What?”
“Pull over up ahead.”
Hae Joo parked in front of the Jino Group building.
Before getting out, he unbuckled his seatbelt and spoke more gently.
“I’ll see you at home.”
“Okay.”
Do Jun entered the building.
It was astonishing how someone with such a fiery temper had managed to grow a company.
Her phone buzzed with a message from Jin Han asking if she was on her way. Hae Joo started typing a reply but stopped and drove off again.
Soon after, she arrived at GN Entertainment and headed straight to the wardrobe department.
“What brings you here on the weekend, unnie?”
Min Hee, who was adjusting outfits, greeted her in surprise.
Hae Joo glanced around the busy space and smiled brightly.
“Director Lee called me in. Where is he?”
“He came too? I haven’t seen him.”
“I’ll go check his office.”
“Go ahead.”
Hae Joo turned to leave.
Just as she started up the stairs, she asked Min Hee,
“About the outfits for the charity fashion show in a few days—can I see them today?”
“You can, but more items are coming in. I was planning to contact you on Monday.”
“I see.”
Hae Joo’s bright smile faded. She let out a sigh-like breath and headed to Jin Han’s office.
“Director?”
“Why so late?”
“I had a little trouble with another driver on the way.”
“Trouble? With who?”
“It’s fine now, don’t worry.”
He hadn’t called her in just for the outfits.
If this was merely about competing with Do Jun, it wouldn’t be so easy to let it go.
“You must’ve been surprised I called you to the office so suddenly?”
“A little.”
“I had something urgent to discuss with you in private.”
“Discuss? What about…”
Jin Han stood up from his desk.
As he filled the kettle with water, he asked Hae Joo,
“Coffee or tea?”
“I’d like something cold.”
He walked over to the coffee machine and pulled a shot of espresso.
He filled a clean glass with ice and poured the strong-smelling espresso over it.
“Drink.”
“Thank you.”
“I meant to talk somewhere quiet, but it ended up being the office anyway.”
“I’m curious—what’s this about?”
Anxious to get home, Hae Joo subtly urged him.
After taking a sip of his black tea, he delivered unwelcome news.
“It seems reporter Choi In Ho has been digging around your old neighborhood.”
“Really?”
“It’s common knowledge in his circles that President Park Do Jun’s father ran a small finance business.”
“We already clarified the marriage issue.”
“We did gloss over the fact that the two of you lived separately throughout your marriage.”
Though it had been temporarily contained, suspicion remained.
The past couldn’t be undone, and the thought gave Hae Joo a headache.
“So what do you want me to do?”
“Our side should get ahead of the story—say you were each other’s first loves and deeply devoted, but your relationship as husband and wife has been distant for a long time.”
“You mean admitting you’re separated?”
“That way, the backlash afterward will be much smaller.”
“But that’s different from what we first said.”
“Won’t the public feel even more betrayed if you suddenly announce a divorce a year later?”
“…!”
“The movie will be nearly finished by then anyway.”
“We loved each other but grew apart long ago”—it was a completely absurd excuse.
Their marriage had never been about love, so there was nothing to grow apart from. She’d only just begun to truly know Do Jun.
“So you’re telling me to cut ties with Do Jun?”
“He’s not the right person for you. It’s dangerous to be with him.”
“In what way?”
“His background, for one. What good is a fancy university degree?”
“If we’re going to nitpick, I’m not much better.”
“Hae Joo, that’s not the point right now…”
Hae Joo downed her coffee in one gulp. It burned her chest like a fireball.
“If it weren’t for Do Jun’s father, I might be dead by now.”
“What are you talking about?”
Jin Han’s face flushed with shock.
He’d heard about Hae Joo cutting ties with her family due to conflict when she signed her contract—especially that her mother was the main problem.
He’d been deeply shocked to learn she’d moved between cheap lodgings, avoiding her mother so thoroughly that she hadn’t even enrolled in the national health insurance.
Out of consideration, Jin Han had always ensured Hae Joo remained anonymous during settlements, even though it made procedures more complicated.
Now, unexpectedly hearing Do Jun’s father mentioned, he frowned in confusion.
“Ironically, it was that marriage that gave me the chance to escape my mother.”
The life in Hae Joo’s pale eyes dimmed.
Her blank expression revealed hidden wounds, conveying sheer helplessness.
Jin Han found it hard to believe her confession—how could something so horrifying to him have been her only hope?
“You expect me to believe that?”
“Do Jun’s father secretly gave me money and told me to run away from my mother. That’s how I survived.”
The depth of Hae Joo’s deprivation, as Do Jun had hinted, went far beyond Jin Han’s imagination. He’d thought he knew her better than anyone—but he’d been wrong.
Perhaps the bond between Do Jun and Hae Joo ran deeper than it appeared.
Even so, there was one thing Jin Han absolutely couldn’t accept.
“The past is the past.”
“What?”
“I want you, as actress Lee Hae Joo, to be a bit more selfish.”
“Director…”
“If you don’t cut ties with President Park Do Jun now, it’ll keep causing problems down the line.”
It was Do Jun who’d saved Hae Joo from nearly dying on the rooftop. And without President Park, she wouldn’t be who she was today.
To Hae Joo, Do Jun was the starting point of her fate.
This truth could never have been known if she hadn’t lived with him.
Hae Joo grew more curious about Do Jun—though Jin Han had no idea she now longed to understand him even more deeply.
“If there’s a problem, we can deal with it when it happens—it won’t be too late.”
“So you’re really determined to complete the one-year marriage term?”
A clear, gentle smile returned to Hae Joo’s lips.
Watching her, a dull ache slowly settled in Jin Han’s chest.
“I won’t disappoint you.”
“So you’re telling me not to interfere.”
There were already many rumors circulating about Do Jun and Hae Joo.
Right now, what unsettled Jin Han most was the fear that Hae Joo might disappear because of this incident.
From the moment they’d met, Hae Joo had always seemed like someone who could leave at any time. That’s why he’d desperately tried to hold on and fill whatever gaps she had.
“Let me ask just one thing.”
“Okay.”
“Do you… like President Park Do Jun?”
“Why ask something like that all of a sudden?”
“Never mind. Let’s drop it.”
After asking, Jin Han grew embarrassed and cleared his throat repeatedly, realizing he’d overstepped.
“I’m not trying to deliberately belittle President Park Do Jun.”
“Honestly, that’s how it sounded.”
“President Park Do Jun knew about your marriage from the beginning, didn’t he?”
“He said he only found out later.”
“Even so, he still knew before you did.”
Jin Han had a sharp eye for people, but Do Jun was someone whose true intentions he couldn’t read.
From experience, such people were never transparent—and always ended up stabbing you in the back.
The Hae Joo he knew was gentle and deeply wounded by people.
He’d watched her struggle so hard she had to run away from her own family.
He was certain no one understood her better than he did—so of course he worried.
It might be overstepping, but to Jin Han, Do Jun was nothing more than a conman lusting after Hae Joo.
“The police are still investigating who leaked rumors about your marriage.”
“Is that so?”
Jin Han’s calm eyes fixed on Hae Joo.
With genuine sincerity, he voiced the suspicion he’d long held inside.
“Why do I keep feeling like President Park Do Jun was the one who started that rumor?”
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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