Impure Wedding Night - Chapter 88
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#88. If you get married
2024.04.02.
Since that day, CEO Han kept sending messages and calling every other day.
When Yerin didn’t answer, the frequency of his calls got worse.
“It’s Mom’s birthday, so I have to go to the hospital.”
She was scared that she would get yelled at if she met CEO Han there.
“Is there something on your mind?”
Yerin finally came to her senses when Lee Hyun called her.
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
She felt very sorry for having been absent-minded while eating with Lee Hyun.
Lee Hyun smiled softly and said it was okay.
“Han Yerin, didn’t you say that your mother’s birthday is coming up soon?”
“That’s right. So I think I’ll go to the hospital to see your mother tomorrow.”
Lee Hyun smiled brightly and stared at Yerin.
“Can I come with you?”
“Mom’s hospital?”
“Yes. If Han Yerin goes alone, the way there and back might be boring.”
Yerin hesitated for a moment and slowly nodded.
Chan-sook asked about the whereabouts of her handsome boyfriend who had come with her before every time she called. She
decided that if she showed that she was doing well, Chan-sook would be happier and focus on her treatment.
And because of President Han who would be in the hospital, it was better to go with Hyun Lee in many ways.
President Han would watch his every move when he was with Hyun Lee.
If he brought up the idea of a blind date right there, she would sneakily tell Hyun Lee.
“Okay, let’s go together.”
***
Ye-rin carried a shopping bag containing a scarf she had bought at a department store, and Hyun Lee carried a flower basket full of roses and a custom-made cake as they headed to the VIP room at Jiseok Hospital.
When she knocked and opened the door, Chan-sook, who had been looking out the window, slowly turned her head.
She smiled once when she found Ye-rin, and twice when she found the tall young man standing next to her.
“Mom, I’m home.”
“Our daughter has become prettier.”
Chan-sook also greeted Hyun Lee who was next to Ye-rin.
“I see you again. “ How are you?”
“Yes. I’m having a good time with Yerin.”
Lee Hyun tightened his grip on Yerin’s hand even more.
Chan Sook was very happy as she took in the two people who looked so good together.
“Mom, Dad?”
No matter how much she looked around the hospital room, she couldn’t see President Han.
“Oh, your dad left a little while ago because he had an appointment.”
Even though she said that, Yerin could tell from Chan Sook’s bitter-looking face
that President Han hadn’t come to the hospital room last night either.
No matter what, it was surprising that he had left someone whose birthday was today alone.
It was good for her not to see President Han’s face today, but it wasn’t for Chan Sook.
How lonely she must have been being alone in the wide hospital room.
Yerin approached Chan Sook with a brighter voice.
She brought two chairs and sat down next to Chan Sook’s hospital bed.
“Mom, this is what I chose with Lee Hyun.”
Chan Sook opened the neatly wrapped package and smiled brightly as she checked the contents.
“It’s hot now because it’s summer, but when Mom gets discharged from the hospital, let’s go on a lot of trips in the fall with this scarf.”
“Yeah, just thinking about it makes me happy.”
Chan-sook slowly swept the silk scarf down, her face looking very excited.
“I brought it because you said you like flowers.”
Lee Hyun put a bouquet of roses on the table next to Chan-sook’s bed.
“Oh my, they’re pretty.”
Although he liked flowers, CEO Han had never bought them for Chan-sook himself.
“Thank you. All these things.”
“Happy birthday.”
“Mom, happy birthday.”
Chan-sook held Ye-rin and Lee Hyun’s hands one by one and made an expression as if she had the world.
“You must be busy spending time together, but thank you so much for coming.”
“Of course I should come, Mom. I’ll come more often.”
Ye-rin brought a makeshift table and placed a cake that Lee Hyun had custom-made on it.
“Lee Hyun bought it himself at the Jiseok Hotel Bakery.”
“Really? Can I eat something this precious?”
“If it’s delicious, I can buy more and give it to you, so please feel free to let me know.”
“Hahaha. Thank you for even saying that.”
Yerin put candles on the cake.
Soon, the happy birthday song resounded beautifully throughout the hospital room.
“Mom, make a wish.”
Chan-sook closed her eyes tightly, clasped her hands together, and made a wish in her heart.
Then she blew out the candles. Since
President Han hid Chan-sook, she had never sat down like this on her birthday, blowing out candles and singing the happy birthday song.
It was a happiness she couldn’t have imagined if it weren’t for Lee Hyun.
While the three of them were chatting away while eating cake, the hospital room door swung open without a knock.
“Why isn’t this X answering the phone again today!!”
The one who came into the hospital room while shouting was President Han.
President Han’s face was flushed from drinking in the middle of the day, and he squinted his eyes and stared at Ye-rin and Lee Hyun in the hospital room.
President Han, who thought he was hallucinating because he was drunk, belatedly opened his mouth.
“What? You used to avoid my calls so much, but why did you come all of a sudden today?”
Ye-rin let out a short breath and got up from her seat.
“It’s your mom’s birthday today.”
“Oh, is it already that day?”
President Han smiled awkwardly and swiped the back of his neck with one hand.
“You’re here too… … yea.”
President Han tried to lower his voice, but suddenly remembered the cold warning Lee Hyun had given him before, and awkwardly raised his voice.
“How have you been, President Han.”
The gentle eyes that had been directed at Chan Sook were nowhere to be found. “
I’ve been busy,
you know.”
Judging from the way he was drinking and walking around in broad daylight without even knowing it was his wife’s birthday, it seemed that he was indeed busy.
“Hehe. If I had known you were coming, I should have called you in advance, Ye Rin.”
Lee Hyeon, who didn’t even want President Han’s gaze on Ye Rin, stepped aside and blocked her.
“President Han, isn’t there something we need to talk about?”
“Oh, right.”
President Han had been contacting Lee Hyeon personally and persistently recently.
It’s been a while since I sent the business plan, and he kept nagging me, asking when the review would be finished.
One reason I came here today was to celebrate Chan-sook’s birthday, but there was another reason. I had
to meet CEO Han and give him another stern warning so he wouldn’t bother Ye-rin.
“Let’s go. How about having a cup of coffee?”
“Yes, let’s do that!”
Lee Hyun turned around to face Ye-rin.
“I’m talking to my mother. I’ll be back soon.”
“Yes, Mr. Lee Hyun.”
Lee Hyun’s eyes were cold as he left the hospital room.
It was the look of a beast that wouldn’t let anyone who touched his woman go unpunished.
***
Lee Hyun and CEO Han sat across from each other in the lounge on one side of the hospital.
CEO Han ordered citron tea because he had been drinking, and Lee Hyun poured himself an espresso.
“Hehe. I thought you forgot because you didn’t answer my calls.”
“I was busy.”
CEO Han was speechless at the concise words.
Since he said he was busy, it was ambiguous to urge him even more.
Anyone could see that the relationship between the two was very clear.
Lee Hyun looked at President Han with a cold gaze.
“You wouldn’t have called Yerin just because I didn’t answer your calls, would you?”
At those words, President Han jumped up from his chair.
“Oh my, absolutely not. Our daughter must be so busy.”
He added as he sat down again.
“And what would she know about business?”
President Han knew all too well that the money came from Lee Hyun, not Yerin, and that he couldn’t go against his wishes.
Lee Hyun wasn’t going to just ignore the story he heard from Secretary Choi.
He judged that President Han had a stake in the fact that Yerin seemed to be having a hard time lately.
“Are you by any chance arranging a blind date between our Yerin and another man?”
“Huh?”
President Han was so surprised that his eyes rolled back in his head.
“Oh, no. What are you talking about?”
Finally, seeing her stammering and being surprised, Lee Hyun let out a bitter laugh.
“Did Yerin really say something like that to you, Chief?”
“I was just wondering, I guess you’re right, Mr. Han.”
“Oh, that’s not it… … .”
Mr. Han really didn’t know what to do with himself, having admitted with his own mouth that he had done something like that.
“Listen to me. There was a reason I did this.”
“What is the reason?”
President Han hurriedly spoke as he received the chilling gaze.
“It’s been quite some time, but you haven’t said anything about investing in my business, Director.”
Lee Hyun sat on his chair and silently listened to President Han’s story.
“And our Yerin is getting close to marriageable age. If you miss the right time to get married, it will be hard to meet a good partner, so as a father, I couldn’t help but worry.”
The president slowly raised his head to ask for agreement, as if he didn’t think so
. So he thought to himself that if he had invested on time, it wouldn’t have come to this point.
“I guess you were very anxious because I didn’t mention investing.”
“Yes, that’s true. Also, if you’re taking my daughter’s relationship lightly, you have to find another way… … .”
President Han’s words were cut off by Lee Hyun.
“I’m definitely not taking it lightly.”
And then he blurted out something incredible.
“Mr. Han, I was thinking of investing in your business after Yerin and I got married.”