“Come in.”
The voice that once made Minhee’s heart flutter now felt poignant today. Minhee opened the door and entered the office.
As always, Jinwook was sitting upright, looking at documents.
“Hello, sir.”
Minhee bowed politely and approached him. Placing the files she brought on the desk, she said, “These are files organizing meeting records I’ve written so far, categorized by department and date. I’ve also included the modified schedule for next month.”
“…”
“Starting tomorrow, my tasks will be taken over by Secretary Kim Yoonhye. If there’s anything else you need, please let me know.”
Jinwook remained silent. Minhee lowered her head towards him.
“Thank you for everything until now.”
As Minhee raised her head, she stared at Jinwook intently. After a short breath, she spoke, “Before I leave… there’s something I’d like to ask you, sir.”
“…”
“Why are you allowing what Ms. Saramo intended to do?”
Her sinking voice followed.
“That is something that can never be forgiven.”
Three days ago, Minhee went to Jinwook, revealing everything: the contract with Chaerin two years ago, providing information about him and Yeonju to Chaerin, and Chaerin’s attempt to make Yeonju get rid of the baby.
Jinwook, after learning all the facts, had an expression of disbelief. Especially when he heard about Chaerin’s attempt to harm Yeonju’s baby, his face changed with anger and disbelief.
Minhee believed that he could never forgive her. But Jinwook instructed her not to disclose the fact that Chaerin tried to harm Yeonju’s baby to anyone and insisted that he would take responsibility for other matters.
Minhee couldn’t understand him at all. If it were her, she would immediately report to the police and ensure legal punishment.
To her question, Jinwook put down the documents he was looking through.
“I have no intention of forgiving you, Secretary Chu. The reason I haven’t exposed this matter to the world is because of my wife.”
“…”
“I can’t bear to see her going to the prosecutor’s office for questioning. Revealing this to the public would not only shock Yeonju but also subject her to investigation as a victim. Yeonju was still in the early stages of pregnancy, a time when stability was crucial.”
Nothing was as important as Yeonju and the baby. To end the case, he had expelled Chaerin from the house.
Jinwook looked at her with a firm gaze.
“But what Secretary Chu did, sharing my information with Ms. Park Chaerin, is equivalent to leaking company information. It’s not something I can overlook.”
“…”
“The company’s legal team will contact you soon, so cooperate with the investigation properly.”
In the end, it meant covering up the incident for Yeonju. Feeling a strange bitterness, Minhee lowered her head.
“…I understand.”
This time, Jinwook asked her.
“I have one question.”
He took out the recorder Minhee had given him from the desk.
“Why did you give me this?”
“…”
“Even if you changed your mind, it would have been enough to reject the proposal. There was no need to disclose everything to me, even if I refused.”
Minhee was grateful that she revealed everything, but at the same time, she wondered why she had confessed to everything, even willing to accept legal consequences.
She thought there might be another condition instead of providing Chaerin’s information, but that wasn’t the case. She didn’t propose any conditions and confessed everything.
Minhee, standing still and staring at Jinwook, slowly spoke.
“Even if I rejected, Ms. Park Chaerin seemed likely to reach out to someone else other than me.”
Chaerin was that kind of person. If she couldn’t do something, she would eventually delegate it to someone else.
“In the end, through someone else, harm would be done to Ms. Saramo, and if that happens…”
A tender, trembling gaze met Jinwook’s.
“If that happens, you would be unhappy, sir.”
The reason for spilling Yeonju’s cup, protecting the child to the end, and confessing everything was all for Jinwook.
“I didn’t want to see you in pain again.”
Knowing he wouldn’t be in his right mind if he lost Yeonju, and unwilling to see him suffer like when he lost Yeonju, she couldn’t bring herself to do that.
“Because…”
Tears gathered in Minhee’s trembling pupils.
“Because I… like you, sir.”
It was her heartfelt confession at the last moment, after watching him for nearly two years. Even if it all ended, she hoped he would understand her sincerity.
However, even after hearing her sorrowful confession, Jinwook’s expression remained unchanged. It felt even colder than before.
“Because you like me…”
Uttering these words, Jinwook finally spoke.
“To be honest, Secretary Chu’s confession doesn’t really resonate with me.”
“…”
“In the current situation, it sounds like nothing more than self-absolution and justification for yourself.”
Jinwook said in a cold tone.
“There were countless times you could have stopped in the middle. If you really had feelings for me, you wouldn’t have deceived me for a whopping two years.”
Minhee, choked with emotion, made an indignant expression.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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