Looking into Taeha’s eyes, Si-hyun extended a ring.
“Let’s get married, Yoon Taeha.”
Taeha couldn’t bring himself to reach out.
From a long time ago, he had dreamed of this moment. However, in his imagination, it was always him putting a ring on her finger, never the other way around.
It was a simple ring with a small diamond embedded in a white band.
With teary eyes, Taeha bit his lip.
“……”
Si-hyun, seeing Taeha hesitating to accept the ring, looked a bit uneasy. She gazed into his face and cautiously spoke.
“As much as I’ve been criticized because of me, I’ll treat you well after we get married. Okay?”
Taeha pulled her into a tight embrace.
“Why is it because of you.”
His vision blurred.
“You knew it would be like this from the beginning. You said we could never be together. But I insisted, chased after you, and ended up turning you into a bad woman…!”
Taeha couldn’t continue his words.
So far, Si-hyun had lived diligently and virtuously. It was too painful for an innocent woman to be pointed at by the world because of him.
“A bad woman, right?”
Even in Si-hyun’s gentle voice patting Taeha’s back, there was a hint of laughter.
“Men like you should be left as public property. I ended up taking you all for myself. So, endure the criticism. I have a conscience too.”
Taeha’s heart felt heavy. Just like when they broke up, why was this woman so okay and even laughing at the most difficult times?
“Please don’t pretend it’s not a big deal like that.”
Holding him close as if hiding in his embrace, Si-hyun spoke appealingly.
“If it’s difficult, just say it’s difficult and lean on me.”
“In fact, if I say I’m not affected, it’s a lie. …But it’s still better than breaking up with you.”
Eventually, Si-hyun’s voice began to tremble.
“Go ahead and criticize. I’ll take it all, no matter how much. What does it matter if I get cursed at? Does cursing make you die?”
“……”
“No matter what anyone says, I won’t break up with you. No, I can’t break up with you.”
Earlier, she had proposed to me and said something cheeky. Taeha thought he was the cheeky one. In a situation where the woman he loved was being mistreated, how could he be so happy?
When he extended his trembling hand, Si-hyun put a ring on his fourth finger. The weight of the ring felt substantial, as if her heart were embedded in it, making tears well up.
“I’ll be a good husband.”
Looking at the ring shining even more with tears, Taeha made a solemn vow.
“I’ll only look at you for a lifetime. To make sure you never regret the burdens you took on because of me…….”
He stopped speaking further because he felt like he might burst into tears. Instead, when he got close, Si-hyun closed her eyes silently.
As their lips were about to meet,
“Director Bon!”
Suddenly, with a loud shout as if they were about to leave, the door swung wide open, startling the two.
Taeha’s secretary, who seemed unsure of what to do, belatedly approached.
“S-Sorry, Director Bon. But you need to see this for a moment.”
The secretary hurriedly ran over and handed him a mobile phone. It was a live news screen.
[Van der Lind LLC Chairman Kennedy’s Press Conference]Seeing Leon’s face reflected on the screen, Taeha and Si-hyun were simultaneously shocked, their eyes widening.
[Star Icon]On the day the article was published, in the morning, Sooyeon was preparing lunch at the restaurant with Leon.
“Oh!”
While stirring the curry sauce, Sooyeon suddenly turned around in surprise at the sound of Leon’s low groan.
“Why? What happened?”
“It feels like a toothache.”
Leon frowned and replied, “Look at this.”
She quickly examined it, but there was no sign of redness anywhere on Leon’s hand.
“Why make a fuss when it’s perfectly fine?”
When Sooyeon coldly turned away, Leon complained.
“When Taeha cut his finger, you said you cried. Isn’t it too cold of you only towards me?”
“Are you the same as Taeha?”
“I’m in pain too!”
As they were arguing, the door to the shop opened. Leon’s secretary urgently entered and said, “Chairman, you need to see this for a moment.”
“What’s going on? I’m busy right now.”
Responding with an uncomfortable tone as if to say not to disturb him, Leon went out of the kitchen only then. The secretary, in a hushed tone, handed him a mobile phone. Leon’s expression changed abruptly as he looked at the screen.
“Why is that? What’s happening to our Taeha?”
Feeling something was amiss, Sooyeon also came out of the kitchen.
“It’s nothing.”
Quickly trying to hide the phone from Leon’s hands, she forcibly took the phone and looked at it.
Her eyes widened as she read the article.
[Dash] Union TA CEO Yoon Taeha, Growing Suspicion of Gaslighting a MinorSince the report that Union TA CEO Yoon Taeha is marrying a bride seven years his junior, suspicions among netizens have been escalating.
Speculations about dating the bride since she was a minor. According to the report by ‘Jo Han News,’ the prospective bride was Yoon Taeha’s private tutor since middle school…
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
