Even though she returned with a completely different personality under a completely different name, the fact that she was still the subject of his joys and sorrows hadn’t changed.

Due to the soothing voice of Kang Hyun, Ji An’s already heavy eyelids closed completely.

“Let’s take you home.”

“Director, what will you do after capturing the culprit? You wouldn’t return to that bedroom, would you? You look great sitting at your office desk. Sincerely!”
“Thank you.”
“So….”
“I’m still not sure.”
If I could bear to see you with someone else, I would continue to love you by your side, but if not, I might….

Jian, who hadn’t been in her right mind to hear the answer, quickly drooped her shoulders and sobbed.

Should we have a company dinner once a week?

Though I would have to restrain my drinking, every moment of conversing face to face was enjoyable.

I missed my Seo Yoon.

I missed you, the only one in this world who understood me.

Though I endured, endured, and endured again, in the time I was left alone, I had to writhe as if I had been thrown into the fires of hell.

But today, I might have been able to close my eyes a bit more comfortably.

Kang Hyun, who turned his chair outward to hold the sleeping girl comfortably, bent his knees beneath it and looked at Seo Yoon.

You too must have eagerly wished for such times, waiting for me who did not come.

“I did wrong.”
As the days passed, I couldn’t recall what I had done for Seo Yoon.

Could someone be twisting my head? It felt as if a large thorn was stuck in it.

Desperately wishing that the terrible headache was a dream, Jian who was forcing her eyes shut turned off the mercilessly ringing alarm and sat up.

“Home.”
Where is my last memory?

I uncorked the wine at the wine bar, and I kept drinking.

“I am the genie of the lamp, I am. Listen to everything Kang Hyun says.”
“Here, I’ll take you home.”
No, this can’t be my memory.

“Drink this, if you’re not feeling well tomorrow, don’t go to work.”
Coughing, Jian who was hitting her pillow with a clenched fist grabbed her shaking head and rolled around.

I wanted to stop my past self, who made light of the sweet and bitter wine and gulped it down like water.

“Daughter, you should stop getting up now.”
“Mom, did I by any chance…”
“The director brought you home, you really! How could you get so drunk and be carried home by the person who came to visit your father and even moved him to his sickroom?”
“…I’m ruined.”
Being completely drunk and disorderly at the first company dinner.

“Get your act together and come out to eat porridge.”
“Porridge?”
“He must have bought it while he was bringing you home yesterday. He said to eat it if your stomach is upset. But Jian, does the director have any interest in you by any chance…”
“No, it’s definitely not like that!”
There is a different reason for being nice. Without listening to the obvious words of Jeonghye, I waved my hands, and for some reason, I felt nauseous.

The executive office of Seowon Enter, a media commerce subsidiary of Seowon Group.

The sound of a couple whispering animatedly filled the office from early morning, disregarding the usual business hours.

The owner of the office, Se Jun, and the rookie actress Yun Da Jung, were stuck to each other on the sofa like Siamese twins, enjoying their secret rendezvous.

Suddenly, the door flung open without a buzz from the intercom. The sight of a red bag was the first to catch everyone’s attention.

“Eek!”
“Honey?”
“Where’s the time to change clothes? Just need to go out.”
Park Yu Ran, Se Jun’s wife, flung her arms, as if shooing a bird.

Da Jung, utterly startled, hurriedly picked up the scattered clothes and left the seat.

“Don’t you feel embarrassed? Be moderate, huh?”
“Hmm, what’s happening here?”
“Father is hosting a fundraising party tonight, and you have to attend too.”
Yu Ran, with a deeply furrowed brow, brushed off her husband Se Jun’s creasefree clothes as she glared at him.

“You should have sent a message.”
“Listen to me till the end. You know it’s a crucial time for Father, right?”
“I know, sure.”
Se Jun, who had just buttoned the last button on his shirt, bobbed his head.

Though he had married the youngest daughter of a thirdterm congressman thanks to the introduction by the late chairman Tae Seok Jung, he was always treated like an outsider by his inlaws.

His repeated affairs had brought them to the brink of divorce.

Thanks to Kang Hyun’s sudden disappearance and the sudden death of Chairman Tae, he managed to continue his married life as he secured the position of president of a subsidiary company in the chaotic group.

When he was running a small film company, his fatherinlaw, who didn’t even care to invite him to political events, only kept him close, albeit reluctantly, after he acquired the business card of Seo Won Entertainment’s representative.

Pleasing his inlaws was not enjoyable, but it was a necessary background to climb to a higher position.

“Don’t cause a scandal. How about going to a membershipbased bar instead? Actors, aspirants, idol trainees. Don’t you know it’s just perfect for rumors in this field?”
“I get it, I told you. I’ll be careful, so don’t worry.”
“Do it right. Don’t make Father’s face dirty and get scolded for nothing.”
Ignoring the discomfort simmering up from the sofa, Yu Ran, after finishing her words, left the office.

“You’re of a very noble lineage.”
Se Jun, who was fumbling with his unbuckled belt, grunted and pulled out his mobile phone from his trembling pocket. It was an unfamiliar number.

“This is Gu Se Jun.”
—Se Jun, it’s your sister.
“What, you changed your number?”
He brought the screen that had been against his ear back in front of his eyes to check the number again, but it wasn’t Se Hee’s.

—I asked the chairman. To make one under someone else’s name.
“A burner phone, huh? Why would you need a burner phone?”

—”Kang Hyun had come home. He’s telling me to leave Seo Won’s place… I’m even anxious to call you. Se Jun, Kang Hyun knows everything, even about Seo Yoon being alive.”
“You don’t need to worry, sister. I’ll handle it.”
Se Jun, having finished dressing, pulled out a cigarette from his vest pocket.

—”What do we do if everything gets exposed? What if Seo Yoon regains her memory? Should we look for a house abroad? Kang Hyun might try to kill us. The chairman just tells us to wait, but I can’t sleep.”
Se Hee’s voice quivered as she bombarded with questions. The clear sound of her nervously biting her nails over the phone echoed.

“Sister, pull yourself together. We just have to get through this crisis. Then we can live luxuriously just like now. No, I will rise even higher than I am now.”
—But, Se Jun.
“If Taegang Hyun only sees that woman, he’ll risk his life. It’ll only be a matter of time before he dies rushing like that.”
Blowing out a heavy cloud of cigarette smoke without hesitation even in his office, Se Jun had a calm face even while discussing someone’s life.

Once was hard, but twice, three times were natural.

All he could think of was wanting to get rid of it soon; he didn’t feel any guilt.

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