“Our dad is the chairman of Taesung Group.”
The woman who introduced herself as Yejin continued, “And I’m the one who will marry Kwon Seungju.”
Eunseo left the company and sat face to face with Yejin in a nearby cafe.
Eunseo never expected to meet the woman Seungju was meeting. Well, she had thought about it, but she never imagined it would come true.
“I apologize for earlier. I was surprised too because the person I was thinking of suddenly appeared before my eyes.”
Yejin apologized. Eunseo tried to straighten her shoulders, which had hunched involuntarily. What did I do wrong to be so disheartened?
“Excuse me, but how do you know me?”
“I saw you at the department store. You were shopping with CEO Kwon. I knew he didn’t have a girlfriend, so I wondered if you were some kind of bar girl. But you didn’t seem like that kind of person. I was curious about who you were, what kind of sign you were. And now we meet like this.”
“Ah…”
Although they hadn’t exchanged many words, the other person seemed quite straightforward. So, Eunseo decided to ask directly.
“Were you originally dating the CEO?”
“Well, not exactly.”
Yejin sipped her coffee and replied, “CEO Kwon caught my eye, so I contacted him first, and we met a few times. From our first meeting, he honestly talked about his situation. He said he wasn’t interested in love or dating, he wanted to marry a woman who would benefit him in his position. I liked that. I like honest and ambitious men.”
“…”
“So, he said he would support anything I wanted to do if we got married. He even mentioned that once the issues with Sinhyeon-dong were resolved, he would consider getting married.”
“Sinhyeon-dong?”
After briefly explaining the story involving the two companies related to the Sinhyeon-dong factory site, Yejin continued.
“In other words, Chairman Kwon’s long-cherished project is to build a building there. Naturally, the building will be constructed by Daewon Construction, led by his eldest son. If that happens, the position of his eldest son is guaranteed while building the structure. And after completion, it’s like saying they can’t disregard the accomplished eldest son and appoint the second son as the successor. So, it’s a story of ‘Dad likes it, son likes it,’ something like that.”
“Ah…”
“So, I conveyed everything to our dad, and he was okay with it. He promised to withdraw the factory immediately after the wedding and registration.”
Yejin was honest and seemed straightforward. She appeared to have no ill intentions toward Eunseo.
“Now that I thought everything was settled, suddenly there’s an accident, and I can’t get in touch with CEO Kwon overnight. What happened?”
Understanding roughly what had happened, Yejin asked Eunseo, who seemed absent-minded.
“So, what exactly is the relationship between you, Yoon Eunseo, and CEO Kwon?”
What should I say? I’m not just a tenant or a subordinate. We did confess our feelings for each other, but it’s not like we’re in a relationship…
As Eunseo hesitated to answer, Yejin shrugged her shoulders.
“Honestly, it’s okay to tell the truth. We had a brief fling before marriage. I don’t really care.”
It was irritating to be openly designated as a playmate by someone she just met today. Even if it were true, it didn’t seem like something to be said in person.
“Just don’t cheat after marriage. Seungju isn’t the type of person to do that, even considering what happened to his mom.”
She seemed refreshingly straightforward, but it felt a bit excessive. Could someone genuinely in love act so cool about it?
“Why do you want to marry someone you can have fun without caring about?”
Yejin responded as if it were obvious.
“He’s handsome, capable, ambitious, and if he sticks to his position, he’ll become the future chairman of Daewon Group. I couldn’t ask for better conditions. …He’d probably be amazing in bed too.”
Then, as if suddenly remembering, she lowered her voice a bit and asked.
“Seungju, how is he in bed?”
Her expression showed sincere curiosity, and it somehow made Eunseo emotional. If she knew, she wanted to say it outright, but not knowing was frustrating.
“I don’t know. I haven’t seen it.”
“Really? Even though you live together?”
With an expression of disbelief, Yejin closely examined Eunseo’s face. However, Eunseo could meet Yejin’s eyes confidently because she had nothing to hide.
Seemingly satisfied with the truth, Yejin’s face became content.
“So, it’s not anything serious yet, really.”
Is that so? Could it be that they’re not anything more than mutual affection?
While thinking so, Eunseo was taken aback. ‘Mutual affection,’ she said.
It’s true that he confessed that he liked me. But undoubtedly, what I like is… not that man, but the 18-year-old Seungju.
“That’s good. Let’s settle this before it gets deeper. I’ll take care of the room fee. One hundred million should be enough, right?”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
