Before entering the arrival hall, 아린 hugged 지윤 tightly.
“아린아, no matter what, I’ll always be on your side. So don’t suffer alone, okay? You’re never alone; I’m here for you, and so is my mom.”
“……Thank you, 지윤아.”
Tears welled up in 아린’s eyes. 지윤 gently patted her back, as if to say everything would be alright.
The flight boarding notification appeared on the display board.
“Go on, it’s time for your flight. I’ll come down this weekend. We’ll talk more then, okay? Let me know by Friday if you need anything.”
지윤 released 아린 and instructed her.
“……Okay.”
“Don’t cry too much. You hear me?”
“……Okay.”
아린 walked into the terminal, comforted by 지윤’s farewell.
Turning around, she saw 지윤 waving and smiling. The recent encouraging words from 지윤 echoed in her mind, giving her strength.
The future was unforeseen, but not entirely frightening. With 지윤 by her side and 지윤’s mother awaiting her in Jeju, 아린 no longer felt alone.
She felt she could manage even without 재혁.
아린 clenched her right fist tightly and waved to 지윤 with a smile. 지윤 responded by making a heart shape with her hands.
After seeing 아린 off, 지윤 returned to the parking lot, unable to leave immediately. She gripped the steering wheel and let out a deep sigh.
‘What exactly happened?’
지윤 recalled 아린’s somber expression and decided to visit Jeju this weekend to inquire and comfort her.
For 지윤, 아린 was more than just a friend. They might not be related by blood, but they were as close as family.
Taking the morning off to help 아린 was a wise decision. Even with the rushed preparation, she needed more time to get ready for work.
She started the car and drove off. The roads were clear in the morning. As she hurried into the building, she was stopped.
“Team Leader 서.”
A large shadow loomed before her. It was 재혁. 지윤 was startled, not by his presence, but by the look on his face.
“……Vice Chairman?”
It was a face 지윤 hadn’t seen before in her years working at VAN Group’s PR team.
“Why are you here?”
“You know she’s here.”
“I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
지윤 feigned ignorance, determined to keep 아린’s whereabouts a secret.
“아린 is here.”
“She isn’t.”
He was her superior at work but also 아린’s ex-husband, whom she couldn’t view favorably for making 아린 cry.
“Team Leader 서.”
재혁’s expression hardened.
“Sorry, I need to prepare for work. I’ll be going in now.”
지윤 instinctively knew prolonging the conversation wouldn’t help. She might be deemed rude, but she maintained minimal courtesy.
She gave 재혁 a brief nod and passed him coldly.
재혁 watched blankly as 지윤 disappeared into the building.
“Where could she be?”
아린’s likely destinations were two places. He had already received word she wasn’t at the other location.
Then she must have been here.
Confusion reigned – was she really not here, or just pretending to be absent?
But the truth hardly mattered at this point.
His only reliance now was 지윤.
재혁 clenched his fist. With his resources and power, finding her wouldn’t be hard.
But it would take time, and there was always a chance they might miss each other.
The mere thought of never seeing her bright face again was terrifying.
He hurriedly followed 지윤 into the building, an action he’d never consider under normal circumstances.
In the corporate world, 재혁 was known for being devoid of emotions, a rational being to the core.
“Emotions are a luxury,” they said about him.
“Why are you doing this?” 지윤 couldn’t help but ask, baffled by his unfamiliar behavior.
“Honestly, I’m causing trouble, aren’t I?”
Acknowledging his own intrusion, he looked up at 지윤 with determination.
“I know, but 아린 wouldn’t go to her family, right?”
“You know her so well, don’t you…”
Did he really leave her alone until things got this bad?
지윤 wanted to unleash her thoughts, but refrained, realizing it was not her place to say what even 아린 hadn’t.
She swallowed her words and remained silent.
“Ari is not here,” she firmly stated.
“Team Leader 서.”
“It’s true. She’s not here.”
재혁’s eyes flickered with uncharacteristic roughness, and 지윤 couldn’t hide her anxiety.
The usually stoic 재혁 was visibly struggling to conceal his emotions.
Frustrated and cornered, he blurted out, “She’s not at home, so she should be here. But you’re telling me she’s not here either?”
“Vice Chairman.”
지윤 had always tried to avoid confrontation, especially knowing his personality, but she couldn’t hold back anymore.
It was incomprehensible. Everything about 아린’s departure was his doing.
Now, he had the audacity to demand her whereabouts with such entitlement.
A surge of emotion welled up inside 지윤. She clenched her fists and glared at him.
“You’ve troubled her enough.”
“It’s just a misunderstanding. If I explain it to 아린…”
Unbelievable.
A misunderstanding? Was that what he called it?
지윤 interrupted him sharply.
“A misunderstanding? Were you even close enough to have misunderstandings?”
Her cutting remark left 재혁 visibly shaken.
“I didn’t want to interfere in personal affairs, but I can’t hold back any longer. Do you really not understand? The person who made 아린 suffer the most wasn’t her mother-in-law or anything else.”
As she spoke, her emotions intensified.
“It was you, Vice Chairman 재혁, who drove 아린 to her breaking point.”
지윤’s anger seemed to deepen as she looked at 재혁’s expression.
Subjectively, he was the villain tormenting her friend, but objectively, 재혁 was a capable man. He was praised as a natural businessman for his unwavering decision-making skills in urgent and unforeseen circumstances.
But how could he, of all people, not know about the human heart?
지윤 thought he was lying.
“Do you really not know? You’ve seen how hard it’s been for 아린. But you say you didn’t know?”
There was a mix of resentment and anger in 지윤’s eyes as she looked at 재혁.
“I apologize in advance for saying this, but I need to speak up. Please stop hurting 아린. Stop making her cry.”
“……What?”
재혁 was speechless, feeling like he’d been hit in the back of the head.
“It’s like you pushed her to leave. 아린 never asked for much. If you’d cared for her even a little, she wouldn’t have run away like this. So please let her go. It’s time to grant her what she wants.”
재혁 felt her words were strangely off.
“What are you talking about? Let 아린 go? What have I done?”
Wait a minute.
His mind was in turmoil.
Why hadn’t he done anything until it reached this point?
Why did he think 아린 would never leave him?
The word ‘arrogance’ flashed through his mind.
He had arrogantly assumed that no matter how harshly he treated her, she would never leave him.
Overwhelmed by his own presumption, 재혁 struggled but knew he couldn’t just blame himself now.
“Team Leader 서 is right. So please tell me where 아린 is. I’ll explain everything myself.”
He needed to find out from 지윤 where 아린 was before she fled again. It was the quickest and best way to find her.
“I don’t know.”
“Please, Team Leader 서.”
지윤 couldn’t hide her astonishment at his use of the word ‘please’.
“A request?”
“Yes, I’m asking you.”
지윤’s eyes narrowed.
The fact that the almighty 반재혁 was using the word ‘please’ to find 아린 was bewildering.
But,
‘No, it can’t be. He did nothing until things got this bad. What am I even thinking?’
She shook her head vigorously to clear her mind and responded coldly.
“I’ll be honest with you. I know where 아린 is. But I won’t tell you. It’s her request.”
“……아린 asked you to do that?”
“Yes. She asked me not to tell you where she is.”
Thud.
His heart sank.
‘Were you really planning to leave me for good? Have you sorted out all your feelings for me?’
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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