“Well, those who knew her called Seo Yoon that. Kang Hyun often took her to gatherings and they were always together. Maybe they were jealous and thus made fun of her.”
“It sounds like they’re doing it on purpose. Every time?”
“Yes, Seo Yoon wanted to quietly let it pass and Kang Hyun didn’t care. Since Tae Kang Hyun silently agreed, they all gossiped even more enthusiastically. Stay here, I’ll go chase them away.”
“I’ll go.”
Feeling strangely angry, Jian stopped Yeonju and marched towards the crowd.

Because they’re twins. My twin received such insults.

“Have you ever seen a doll that breathes and speaks?”
“What?”
“What I mean is why you call a person a doll.”
“Well, that’s just among us…”
“Your makeup is tacky, your dress is too small. Your side fat is clearly visible. And you, you’re just ugly.”

Jian’s slender finger pointed at the women in front.

“Hey, Han Seo Yoon.”
“My name is not Han Seo Yoon. You must feel bad, right? It’s normal to feel bad when you hear such words. Are you not ashamed to say you jumped into the car to stop the wedding? A doll? Despite being raised in a good house, you should at least respect the boundaries.”
Jian, with her eyes glaring fiercely, let out all the words that came to her mind. It was surprising that she could endure hearing such words.

Yeonju clapped her hands while seeing the changed appearance from before losing her memory.

“What’s the difference between you and a doll if you stay silent at a table where conversations are held about subjects you don’t even understand? If Executive Kang Hyun Tae says to come, you come, and if he says to leave, you leave. Aren’t you ashamed to be by the side of a man who is engaged to another woman? You climbed up the social ladder by hooking up with a man, so who are you to speak of boundaries!”
The opponent, who didn’t want to admit the reasonable arguments, raised her voice.

“Minjung, stop it.”
As attention slowly shifted towards them, the woman who was checking on her soninlaw, told her friend, who was having an argument with Jian, to stop.

“Ah, really everything!”
As Minjung, who grabbed the hem of her dress and showed immense irritation, first left her seat, the chaos subsided.

Kim Soye, who was quietly watching the argument after leaving the table where boring business talks were taking place, bit her lips and stared at Jian.

Even if her memories as Han Seo Yoon did not return, Kang Hyun’s gaze was already solely focused on this woman.

“You said you would break up.”
Han Seo Yoon had definitely promised to leave Kang Hyun.

The voice recording, which contained words of breaking up and the promise that if she does not keep it, he will accept whatever she does, was still carefully kept at home.

Kim Soye, who was calming her grumbling stomach while biting her nails, noticed a waiter moving towards Jian’s table and smiled.

On the round tray that the waiter was holding with one hand were filled champagne glasses.

“This is nothing.”
As the hotel was owned by her father, even if it reached Kang Hyun’s ears, it could be dismissed as the waiter’s mistake.

The waiter with a friendly face stopped in front of Jian and Yeonju.

Kim Soye, who quickly approached them, forcefully pushed the arm of the waiter holding the tray full of champagne.

The fairly heavy silver tray tilted to one side.

“Ah, ah, ahh! Aaack!”
Just before the terrible situation of champagne spilling all over the guest, the waiter let out a cry.

The glasses that fell to the floor and broke one after the other, resonating throughout the hall.

“Executive!”
Thud, thud. Jian, who was wiping a few drops of champagne that had splashed onto her forehead, looked at Kang Hyun who had rushed to shield her.

The fragments of broken glass under his feet sparkled like grains of sand under the bright lights.

“Are you alright?”
“II’m fine. And you, sir…”
Beginning from his neck, Kang Hyun, whose suit was soaked, carefully inspected Ji An to see if any glass fragments had injured her.

“Wow, this is a proper welcomeback toast.”
“Indeed.”
Among the crowd that had gathered round, laughter sporadically rang out.

“Oh dear, Executive Tae! What on earth happened!”
While Representative Park, the host of the banquet, and Hotel owner Kim Seok Hyun ran towards them with wide eyes, the server bowed his head as if he had committed a mortal sin.

Seeing Kang Hyun rushing towards her, Kim So Ye had already left the spot, consumed by fear.

Upon entering the room directed by the manager, Ji An quickly grabbed a towel and wiped Kang Hyun’s neck, which was soaked with champagne.

She tucked her hand into his jacket shoulder, which was beginning to give off a heavy scent, took it off, and unbuttoned his tie and two buttons that kept his collar closed.

To make up for the height difference, Ji An, who stood on tiptoes, wiped the alcohol that had seeped into his dress shirt.

“Why did you do that?”
“If I hadn’t intervened, Miss Ji An would have been completely soaked due to your short height.”
Kim So Ye had pushed the server’s elbow with such force. The tray full of champagne glasses almost flew towards Kang Hyun, hitting his shoulder area.

Kang Hyun, who already had a bad reputation due to various rumors, was humiliated by taking a champagne shower among dozens of spectators.

Despite that, there was definitely a crowd that snickered at the sight of the distracted Kang Hyun, who was busy checking on Ji An.

Ji An, who was quite upset, touched her damp chest with a gloomy expression.

“I’ll do it.”
Urgency tinged Kang Hyun’s low tone.

Although he held a towel, every time Ji An’s hand tapped here and there, his nerves were on edge.

“No, let me dry you.”
How far the champagne that was spilled from behind had seeped in. Ji An, who bowed her head, moved her hand up to the side of her body.

As the heat that arose from the fast blood circulation climbed up his back, the stiff Kang Hyun eventually grabbed Ji An’s wrist.

“That’s enough, I’m fine.”
Her touch was always welcome, but the sensation of the shirt, drenched with the sticky scent, sticking to his bare skin along with Ji An’s fingers was dangerously intense.

“Are you uncomfortable somewhere?”
“A bit.”
Ji An, whose wrist was held in his overly hot hand, tried to look at Kang Hyun after tilting her neck, but ended up awkwardly lowering her gaze.

The distance at which Kang Hyun’s eyes, swirling with a peculiar heat, fixed on her was too close.

Unable to shake off the instinct that surged in that moment, Kang Hyun unconsciously pulled Ji An closer, bowing his head.

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