One thing that is different is that he has an even more overwhelming aura now that he has acquired the title of successor to the Taekyung Group.
Ah-yeon has loved both the Yoon Ki-joo of then and the Yoon Ki-joo of now without exception.
‘I thought that was the end…….’
It was several months later that I met Ki-ju again.
Yoon Ki-joo was sitting at the meeting place where she had forced herself to go because her father told her to come to her senses and go because it was an important meeting.
Could this be a twist of fate?
Ahyeon thought about that for a moment.
Yoon Ki-joo and Jung Ah-yeon may be destined to meet each other again.
But the conversation was dry, she kept on looking at her watch and the meal was half-eaten.
Throughout the meal, Ah-yeon realized that Ki-ju had no interest in her at all.
That he had no choice but to come to this place.
There were so many things I wanted to ask about that kiss that day, but I couldn’t.
The person was so cold to Ahyeon.
But just as they were finishing their meal, unexpected words came out of Ki-ju’s lips.
‘I’ll get straight to the point. I plan on marrying you.’
Yoon Ki-joo continued speaking dryly.
‘I heard that the first chairman of Taekyung Group and your grandfather promised their grandchildren a marriage while they were still alive. Actually, I think it’s a huge loss for Taekyung Group, but I have no choice but to follow.’
‘Are you saying that you don’t actually want to marry me?’
Yun Ki-joo lightly ignored Ah-yeon’s question.
As if he had no intention of answering.
‘I was just looking for a girl like you.’
‘Really?’
‘A woman who is too timid to act rashly. A woman who is pretty enough to not be a bother when brought home.’
I thought it was really rude.
The expectations I had for a moment were shattered.
‘That’s exactly what I was looking for. So it’s you Jung Ah-yeon. The adopted daughter of a small business, Jung Ah-yeon.’
‘You just have to play your role as a wife properly. But there is a condition.’
Ah-yeon made a confused expression.
‘There will be no children between us.’
‘But if you continue your married life properly, it might happen…….’
Ki-ju snickered as he looked at Ah-hyeon’s reddened face.
‘No, there should be no children in my life.’
Yoon Ki-joo declared.
‘Because it’s dirty, my blood.’
At that time, Ah-yeon just wanted to be by Ki-ju’s side.
‘If you don’t like it, just quit.’
‘Oh, no! I am okay with it!’
‘……’
‘Actually, I’ve been waiting for the day I get to marry Yoon Ki-joo…’
Ki-ju looked at Ah-yeon intently and sneered.
Ah-yeon didn’t know the meaning of that smile.
‘Let’s not feel bad towards each other.
Let’s not do things like love.’
At the word, Love, Ah-yeon’s fingertips trembled.
‘Useless.’
The person who said that completely isolated her.
As if he wasn’t giving any room for any of her emotions to arise…
Ahyeon whispered while looking at the sleeping Kiju.
“I know this is so stupid…
Still, I was so happy that I married Mr. Ki-ju.”
I have no regrets about my choice at that time.
“I want to get along well with Mr. Ki-ju even now.
That would be greedy, wouldn’t it? Mr. Ki-ju would be different from me.”
I liked the man in front of me.
Still clumsy, maybe because it’s my first love.
Every time Ki-ju hugged her warmly, she started to have vain expectations.
* * *
Next day.
Secretary Kim handed the documents to Ki-ju.
“This is the current situation report from CEO Park Sung-jun that you requested.”
The owner handed over the documents.
“It seems like they’ve started to resume their activities recently.”
“There has been no contact with your wife yet.”
“Let’s end it like this. I don’t think we need to see any more of this nonsense about trying to save a failed business.”
Ki-ju glanced over the documents regarding Seong-jun and closed them.
“You know I respect Seongjun oppa, right?
I like you, senior. I want to stay by your side for a long time.”
The image of Jeong Ah-yeon overlapped and came to my mind.
Jung Ah-yeon, who ran to Park Sung-jun and hugged him, and Jung Ah-yeon, who showed off top-notch acting during the blind date.
‘Actually, I’ve been waiting for the day I get to marry Yoon Ki-joo…’
Ki joo smiled sinisterly.
Any normal man would have fallen for the soft lies told by that pretty face.
But it wasn’t the base.
Pretending to be innocent, pretending to be naive, pretending to be a big pretend.
It’s like begging for someone to impregnate you while holding another man in your arms.
When I recalled Ah-yeon, who had been hugging me with a sad face last night, my heart began to tighten.
As expected, she was a woman who had a knack for getting on one’s nerves.
“Should I stop reporting on your wife?”
“No, keep watching. Report where my wife goes, whom she meets, what she talks about. Hourly.”
“We are here.”
Ahyeon got out of the taxi.
I walked a little further up the alley and arrived in front of my parents’ house.
Looking at the persimmon tree in the garden that has always been in its place, I remembered when I first came into this house.
‘That’s great. Tall, slender, and with thin arms and legs.’
Seven-year-old Ahyeon blinked.
An old man and a woman I was seeing for the first time were evaluating me.
‘I like that you have white skin and big eyes. I think you’ll grow up to be beautiful.’
From dawn, the daycare teachers washed Ah-hyeon thoroughly until the soup disappeared and dressed her in a pretty one-piece dress.
He said that if I behaved well today, I could be adopted.
‘Sir, let’s go home with the lady.’
The so called president roughly handed Ah-hyeon a cheap stuffed doll.
Ahyeon hugged the rabbit doll she had never seen before.
‘What a… miracle I found this child.’
Hye-sook made a sad expression and then touched Ah-yeon’s cheek.
Ahyeon looked up at Hye-sook with bright eyes and grabbed her hand.
‘I will be your mother.’
‘Mom? Okay…….’
Jungbeom and Hyesuk originally had a daughter who was the same age as Ahyeon, but she died in an accident.
From the moment she entered this house, Ah-hyeon inherited everything that still had the dead girl’s scent: the bed, the bag, the clothes, and even the headband.
He had to completely inherit the child’s dream of becoming an artist.
Although I had no talent for art, I worked harder than others and entered art school.
I was afraid that if I couldn’t become a replacement for that child, she would eventually be abandoned by her adoptive parents.
“Is Ahyeon here?”
Hye-sook greeted Ah-hyeon as she entered the front door.
I had just received a call from my adoptive father in the morning telling me to come to my parents’ house right away.
“Go in quickly. Your father is waiting.”
Ahyeon went up to the study and knocked.
“Come in.”
Only after permission was granted did the study door open.
The steps entering the study were slow.
Because I felt like I couldn’t breathe.
Being called to the study means you did something that upset your father.
Ahyeon sat down carefully.
Her father sitting at the top took off his reading glasses and asked.
As if it were not a big deal.
“Yeah, how’s it going?”
This morning, I used a pregnancy test.
The result was, unfortunately, just one line.
I expected my chances of getting pregnant would be high since I’ve had sex several times recently, but that wasn’t the case.
“How many relationships have you had so far?”
Ah-yeon curled the fingertips placed on her thigh.
“…I’ll try.”
I couldn’t bring myself to reveal to my father how many times we had sex.
“What? Try?”
A deep wrinkle formed on her father’s forehead.
“So you haven’t made any effort for the past two weeks?”
“This is crazy and outrageous. Divorce is right around the corner and all you can say is ‘to try’!”
“Mr. Ki-ju is busy. It’s not like we can have a child so suddenly.”
“You’ve never been of any use. Tsk.”
He roughly wiped his face with his hand.
“I brought something that was too useless.”
“If you had brought a girl who was a bit more mature, she would have been a better seducer of men!”
Ahyeon groaned inwardly.
That statement hurt her a little.
Because it’s a statement denying that he adopted her.
“Is it because of the investment money? So why did you force the takeover?”
“What?”
“I told you that the company was in dangerous. And… When we got married, Taekyung Group had already helped father a lot.”
Ah-yeon really hoped that Jung-beom’s company would do well.
Because, he’s my father.
Because he raised me.
Because they are my family.
His eyes flashed with anger and he abruptly got up from his seat.
“This bitch really wants to see her end!
Are you trying to teach me now?”
He grabbed Ah-yeon by the collar.
“Oh, father…..”
He raised his other hand.
Ahyeon tightly shut her eyes.
Trembling in fear at the sharp blows that would come flying at her immediately.
Thud!
