“Go to that woman right now and beg.”

Bora, who had been standing still at the desk as if she were about to be scolded, suddenly raised her head in surprise.

“Yes?”

“Go and beg her sincerely. Kneel, cling to her legs, do whatever it takes to get forgiveness!”

“Dad!”

Bora, shocked, burst into tears.

“It’s outrageous. How unfairly have I been treated until now that I have to beg?”

In truth, Bora felt genuinely wronged. She had always thought, ‘The man who should have naturally become mine was taken by Gang Si-hyun.’ Even after watching Leon’s press conference, her thoughts remained unchanged.

What did she do when she took care of him when they were young? Even I would have done the same!

If there were a time machine, she wanted to go back and become Si-hyun’s substitute. She believed she could take much better care of him than that woman.

In the end, that woman must have been extremely lucky. It was like winning the lottery picked up on the street. Bora couldn’t tolerate that her luck went to someone like Gang Si-hyun.

People who turned away as if asking when she had ever cursed anyone at the press conference seemed like fools.

No matter how well you package it, the fact that they met since childhood remains unchanged. If they didn’t meet in middle school or even in second grade of elementary school, wouldn’t there be more reason to curse?

Above all, if Si-hyun hadn’t provided an opportunity for Kim Woo-jin to break up with her, those two would never have gotten married. So, thanking her was beyond acceptable, and begging?

Bora shouted here, forgetting that this was her father’s office.

“I absolutely can’t do it. I’d rather die like this…!”

Slap! Bora’s head turned to one side.

With a numb cheek, Bora looked at the chairman with eyes full of disbelief.

“Dad…?”

Bora, who had been the cute youngest daughter all her life, was shocked. It was something that had never happened in her entire life.

The chairman, who ruthlessly slapped his daughter’s cheek, coldly uttered.

“I won’t say it twice. Resolve what you’ve done right away and come back with your own hands!”

After watching the press conference at Taeha’s office, Si-hyun couldn’t stand properly for a while. She sat on the sofa for a long time, still trembling.

While she was sitting there absentmindedly, Taeha held her hand tightly. The same hand that she wore the ring on when she proposed earlier.

After a long time, Si-hyun barely opened her mouth.

“You knew, didn’t you?”

Taeha shook her head.

“I had no idea. He didn’t say anything to me.”

As of last night, her father hadn’t said a word to her. He just patted her shoulder with a pitiful face. So, she was just as surprised to watch the press conference just now.

In a clingy manner, Si-hyun asked.

“Will people understand because of this?”

Feel free to point fingers, curse me all you want. The woman who was so confident when she put the ring on my finger just now looked uneasy as if to say, “When did this happen?”

As she felt the pain of how much she might have been hurt, Si-hyun murmured again.

“Because of me, your company also suffered damage. Now, if it causes damage to your company too…”

“Nothing like that will happen.”

Taeha said firmly.

Leon’s words in the press conference were, after all, similar to what Taeha had intended to explain through an interview. However, the victim of ‘gaslighting,’ Si-hyun, talking about it and Leon, her father, talking about it were completely different.

Moreover, her father was someone who had a charm that could captivate others. There was a time when she sincerely felt sad, wondering why she didn’t have charms like her father. Similarly, it was the same at the press conference. Despite giving an opportunity to ask questions freely, there was not a single aggressive question.
The reporters, who were specialists at digging into weaknesses at every opportunity, were showing such a favorable attitude to their subject for the first time. He thought that those who watched the press conference must have felt the same way.

“Even if it’s a rare case, your father won’t regret it. If it’s damage to your daughter that he receives while embracing her, he might even be pleased. You know?”

Looking at the crown ring on her little finger, Si-hyun nodded her head with difficulty.

“Yeah.”

Returning to the office, team members rushed to surround Si-hyun.

“Te-, Team Leader?”

Everyone was so excited that Si-hyun felt a bit bewildered.

“What did I say? I told you our Gang Si-hyun wouldn’t do such a thing!”

“No wonder Director Kwon’s father praised Manager Kang so much; it makes sense.”

“Si-hyun is really cool!”

Si-hyun asked in a daze.

“You all… saw it?”

“Of course!”

“Don’t worry, people must have understood by now.”

“Well, well. Even if your father personally came out and talked, what more explanation is needed?”

Is it really like that? Si-hyun spent the day half out of her mind. However, she couldn’t focus properly on work even when she sat down. Miju kept thrusting her phone in front of her eyes.