Seol Jio tightened his expression and said to Seo Hyejeong, “Deal with my sister first.”
At his words, Seo Hyejeong smiled faintly.
“Don’t worry about Hye-ri. I’ll send her to Germany in a few days. There’s a good hospital there. And well, the photos were taken, right? I’ll get rid of those for you.”
“What if Director Jeon uses them?”
Seo Hyejeong widened her eyes and genuinely laughed as if finding it amusing.
“Where would I use that? I have no interest in whoever Seol Jio meets.”
“Fortunately.”
“However, Seo Hwa Dairy can’t let go of Seol Jio. It’s been a long time since Seol Jio himself became the identity of the coffee brand. Please consider canceling the termination.”
Seol Jio, smiling at her, added, “If Director Jeon stops this incident, Seo Hwa Dairy will continue to be the industry leader.”
Because I will model.
Understanding the underlying meaning, Seo Hyejeong laughed as if amused. As Seol Jio finished speaking, he stood up.
Turning back, Seo Hyejeong, holding documents again, said to his back, “I won’t go far.”
Wearing a hat and mask, Seol Jio cautiously left the hotel.
Yeorun met Seo Garam after a long time. Although she felt like resting at home after finishing the shoot, she also wanted to meet someone and have various conversations.
As they went out to the meeting place, Seo Garam was there again today with an unusual outfit.
Seeing her face, Yeorun burst into laughter, and with a hearty laugh, she took a seat in front.
“You are truly a heavenly entertainer.”
“Why?”
“Because those clothes suit you strangely.”
The top with clearly exposed shoulders was filled with a unique pattern.
In contrast, Yeorun was wearing a bucket hat covering her face and a loose jacket.
“Ha, thanks for not calling me an attention-seeker, kid.”
“I’m hungry. What should we order?”
Yeorun opened the menu and, after contemplating, ordered tacos and beer.
“Is the shoot over? Congratulations.”
“I can’t believe it. I want to see the completed work in the theater soon.”
“On a day like today, shouldn’t you celebrate with your boyfriend?”
“Ah…, I had to go somewhere briefly because something came up.”
“Really? Micael is at home, though.”
Yeorun, hearing the unfamiliar name, asked, “Huh?” and in response, Seo Garam explained.
“His baptismal name. Doesn’t it sound strange? So, I teased him and started calling him Micael instead.”
“Ah, Director Cheon is a devout Catholic.”
“Completely devoted. So, he followed his beliefs until he turned thirty… and it all went wrong because of me.”
Seo Garam shrugged her eyebrows. Yeorun laughed and clinked beer glasses with Seo Garam.
“Cheers!”
Passing the beer refreshing, Yeorun nodded her head for a moment, feeling good.
Since she was clinking glasses with Seo Garam, it felt like she was returning to normalcy.
“So, are you happy in your relationship?”
At Seo Garam’s question, Yeorun nodded her head. This was the first time she experienced such a happy relationship in her life.
Seeing Yeorun’s expression, Seo Garam nodded her head as if understanding. Yeorun also asked her.
“How about Micael… getting along well with him? He used to dislike him at first, but lately, it seems like you’re on good terms?”
At her words, Seo Garam lifted her index finger and shook it left and right.
Not really?
“Every time I meet him, I realize we’re not a good match. He’s quite the conservative guy. So, I gave him a long skirt and a long dress the other day as a gift.”
“Haha.”
Yeorun burst into laughter, understanding Hyun’s feelings. Where would you find a man who likes his girlfriend exposing too much?
“But it’s kind of cute when he gets upset, so I intentionally wear overly revealing clothes when we go out on dates.”
Seo Garam laughed like a mischievous demon. After that, she continued to express dissatisfaction with Hyun, but her face and expression seemed joyful.
She seems to hate him only in words.
Looking at her, Yeorun suddenly thought of a question and asked in a low voice.
“Hey, Garam. Have you ever talked to Director Jeon about me and Jio?”
“No.”
“Oh, really? You indeed don’t know.”
“I know.”
“Huh?”
When Yeorun’s eyes widened in question, Seo Garam smirked and laughed.
“He came to me and said so. No matter how you look at it, it seems like you two are dating. Doing things secretly in the waiting room… even kissing. Pft.”
Yeorun froze for a moment. Meanwhile, Seo Garam, with a full smile, looked at Yeorun, ready to tease her.
“In your sacred waiting room, huh? Is that allowed or not?”
“Hey, keep it down!”
Yeorun lowered her voice and looked around. Although the surroundings were too noisy for the sound to be heard, Yeorun, surprised, blinked her eyes.
I thought the director, who looks a bit like a bear, wouldn’t notice… He knew. It was a twist.
Of course, since she had watched the subtle atmosphere between the two right next to her, it must have been easy to catch on.
“So, what did you say?”
“I said I didn’t know.”
Yeorun thought she should tell Seol Jio about this later and raised her beer glass.
She was surprised and thirsty. She had taken a few sips, but suddenly, there was a commotion behind her.
What’s going on? Curious, she turned her head and was momentarily frozen.
A tall man was entering the store. With a healthy skin tone and an easygoing atmosphere, the man was someone Yeorun unmistakably knew.
Kang Hyun-ho.
Her ex-boyfriend who left her with an unforgettable scar.
Yeorun’s gaze seemed to stick to his face, and she momentarily turned her head desperately.
Why is Kang Hyun-ho here…
Yeorun swallowed dry saliva, pressing down the bucket hat harder. From the moment she recognized him, her heart began to beat anxiously.
Seo Garam on the opposite side also recognized him, and her expression turned grim.
“Crazy. Things got murky here. Yeorun, grab your stuff. Let’s go.”
At Seo Garam’s words, Yeorun picked up her bag. However, she hesitated for a moment because going out now might mean directly facing Kang Hyun-ho.
She planned to leave when he sat down.
However, Kang Hyun-ho didn’t stop walking but soon approached Yeorun’s table and stood there.
“Is it you?”
Chills ran down her spine at the sound of the familiar voice after a long time. Yeorun was bewildered why he pretended to know her.
Can’t we greet each other comfortably?
“Who are you talking to now? Are you crazy?”
It was Seo Garam. She looked at Kang Hyun-ho with a hostile expression.
Then Kang Hyun-ho smirked, laughed casually, and without looking at Seo Garam, sat down next to Yeorun.
“…!”
Surprised, Yeorun looked at him. When she glanced at him, he propped up one arm on the table and looked at Yeorun.
“It’s you, Yeorun. I came in because it seemed like you.”
“…”
“Why haven’t you been answering the phone? Did you block me, by any chance?”
He said with a somewhat hurt tone.
Yeorun recalled the somewhat familiar text messages she received from Kang Hyun-ho a few months ago.
[…I’m sorry.] [I miss those days. When you were by my side.]Ha. Why is he doing this?
Yeorun coldly spoke to Kang Hyun-ho.
“I have no reason to contact you.”
“I feel sorry. I’ve thought about you a lot.”
He widened his eyes like a puppy. It was an expression he often made when they were dating.
Yeorun, feeling a mixture of disbelief and anger at Kang Hyun-ho’s attitude that seemed to still think it would work on her, let out a bitter laugh and echoed something he had once said to her.
“Why are you being so sentimental?”
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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