“I can’t tell you that either. I’m sorry, Chairman.”
Watching Myungwoo bow his head, Seongjae tasted the words. No matter how close they were, Myungwoo never disclosed information about customers, even if they were family members. Without the person’s consent, even if they were the customer’s family, Myungwoo would never reveal any details. Although Seongjae trusted him for this reason, today it felt unavoidably unpleasant.
‘It’s like a secretary who won’t talk about Jaehun’s flaws.’
Suddenly, Seongjae chuckled. Why did thoughts of a secretary keep coming up lately?
Anyway, with the news that Jaehun has a woman, Seongjae felt very pleased.
“You, too, are quite consistent.”
“I apologize.”
“No need for that. That’s why I trust and like you. Ugh, I want to see my grandson and granddaughter-in-law as soon as possible. This guy, Jaehun, doesn’t understand my feelings at all. Argh, you rascal.”
Haha, Myungwoo awkwardly laughed.
‘What kind of reaction would he have if he found out that the other party is a secretary?’
Seongjae doesn’t discriminate in hiring talent. Whether this principle applies to his future son-in-law or daughter-in-law remains to be seen.
‘First, I have to let Jaehun know.’
“Lajin, does the food not taste good?”
Startled by Sunwoo’s words, Lajin vigorously shook her head.
“Oh, no. It’s delicious.”
“I thought you couldn’t eat well. Maybe you forced yourself to come along even if you didn’t want to.”
“No. I like seafood.”
When Lajin forced a smile, Sunwoo’s expression darkened.
‘I enjoy being with you. Are you uncomfortable? Or are you thinking of someone else?’
“Lajin.”
“Yes.”
“Is there something going on with Jaehun?”
Lajin, who was about to put a piece of salmon in her mouth, froze.
“It seems so.”
“…”
Instead of immediately denying it, she should have acted like nothing happened.
She should have temporarily set aside personal issues and emotions when meeting others and focused on this time. Yet, she made a mistake.
When it comes to matters related to Jaehun, she loses concentration and makes mistakes. It was a big problem.
“I’m sorry.”
“Sorry. But can I ask what’s going on?”
“Just… Well, Director is my senior before being a senior, so it’s natural to treat a superior comfortably. How many people can treat their boss comfortably?”
Watching Lajin, who weakly smiled, Sunwoo, who had been looking at her attentively, slowly spoke.
“Is it just because of that?”
In Sunwoo’s eyes and tone, piercing through her, it seemed like he knew there was another reason.
Lajin flinched at Sunwoo’s penetrating gaze and voice.
“Lajin, you’ve never had wandering thoughts in front of people. Even if someone asked about work, you used to divert the topic. But now, it seems like you’re worrying for a different reason.”
Taking a deep breath after gripping his fist under the table, Sunwoo struggled to open his mouth.
“Are you… seeing Jaehun?”
He hoped it wouldn’t be true. Despite his intuition warning him, he deliberately ignored it. There’s no way Lajin would do that, considering they’ve been working together for years. If something happened, it would have happened a long time ago.
“It hasn’t been long. It’s not a serious relationship.”
“Not serious? Does that mean you met briefly?”
In Sunwoo’s view, it didn’t make sense. Both Jaehun and Lajin weren’t the type to have casual encounters.
Up until now, the fact that neither of them had ever dated anyone was evidence. They had a lot of admirers of the opposite sex.
“Just… It just happened like this. I’ll end it soon.”
“You’ll end it?”
“Yes.”
Lajin’s nod seemed more firm and certain than just now. Sunwoo felt a sense of relief in himself.
“I’m the one ending it.”
It wasn’t someone ending it first; it would end when the contract period expired. But Sunwoo couldn’t disclose details about the contract.
“That’s not it. It just seems to happen naturally.”
It’s true that the two of them have been meeting. When Sunwoo recalled Jaehun, who answered unpleasantly as if he didn’t want to when he called Lajin a while ago, he felt a discomfort around his chest.
Anyway, Jaehun has become the person closest to Lajin at least once.
“I see.”
“Surprised?”
“If not, it would be a lie.”
“Forget it. It’ll go back to the way it was soon. And please don’t tell anyone.”
“Of course. Don’t worry about that.”
He is a director at Geonyoung Group, and she is the head of his secretary’s office.
Then, Lajin, thinking about Seoyoung, tightened her forehead.
No, can she continue to be by his side like this?
She couldn’t imagine becoming the wife of another woman’s husband.
“Are you okay? It might be a bit awkward.”
Watching Lajin without a response, Sunwoo cautiously suggested, “My grandfather is planning a project for underprivileged children at the foundation he runs. If Lajin is okay with it, how about working there?”
“A project for underprivileged children?”
“Yeah. You’ve been interested since college.”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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