Impure Wedding Night - Chapter 96
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#96. Preparation, Preparation
2024.04.30.
After submitting her resignation letter to Lee Hyun and saying goodbye, the day went by as usual.
After going to work and reporting to Lee Hyun about the day’s schedule, Yerin made him a cup of coffee.
Knock-
knock- Standing in front of the office, she knocked and heard a low voice telling her to come in.
Her heart had always been pounding when she entered Lee Hyun’s office, but this was the first time her heart had felt this heavy.
“Director, I brought you coffee.”
If it were Lee Hyun, he would have lifted his gaze from his documents when he heard Yerin coming in.
There were countless times when Yerin’s heart was swayed by his affectionate gaze.
However, since they broke up, Lee Hyun had never shown her that kind of behavior.
He treated Yerin with a businesslike attitude that she had never seen before.
“You can just leave it there and go.”
Today was the same.
Without taking her eyes off the documents, she glanced at the empty space on her desk with her chin and returned to her work without saying a word.
“Yes, Chief.”
Yerin also put down her coffee and quietly left the office without saying a word.
In fact, this was the right course of action.
It was strange that Lee Hyun was being affectionate to me like when we were dating, and if that were true, it would have been even harder to sort out her feelings.
Yerin returned to her seat and took a deep breath.
“Why are you in such a bad mood, Chief?”
Hyejin grumbled and tried to talk.
“I’m scared to go into the office because it’s even colder than usual.”
Seolgi agreed with Hyejin.
“Yesterday, Team Leader Ko from the Planning Team was called by the Chief and came out looking like someone whose soul had been completely torn apart.”
Everyone shook their heads.
“I’m so scared because I feel like I’ll get scolded twice if I make a mistake like this. And why does the Chief work so hard these days?”
In reality, Lee Hyun was practically staying up all night at the office.
In the morning, they would go home, wash, change clothes, and then come back to work.
Like robots who didn’t feel tired.
That’s why the secretaries were always on standby.
Whenever they tried to catch their breath, Lee Hyun would ask for this and that data.
Hye Jin pursed her lips and sighed deeply.
“Aren’t you sick? If not, why do people change like that?”
Seol Gi made a careful guess.
“Chief, you seem particularly cold after that ridiculous dating rumor broke out. Isn’t that right?”
“Huh? That’s right. You even took half a day off that day.”
Everyone’s eyes turned to Ye Rin.
“Do you know Secretary Han?”
Since Ye Rin spent the most time with Lee Hyun during the day, it was a question of whether she knew anything.
She knew why Lee Hyun had changed, but she couldn’t tell him the reason, so Ye Rin just shook her head slowly.
“No, I don’t know either.”
“Are you being harsh to Secretary Han these days?”
Perhaps it was colder to Yerin than to anyone else.
Yerin simply answered with an awkward smile.
This time, Hyejin asked Secretary Choi.
“Secretary Choi, don’t you know anything?”
“Well.”
At that moment, Secretary Choi’s extension phone rang.
Hyejin tilted her head as she watched Secretary Choi enter the office after receiving Lee Hyun’s call.
“Ha, I don’t know. Really.”
***
“Secretary Choi, do you still have the information on Assemblyman Kwak that I instructed you to look into?” Before
showing Assemblyman Kwak the CCTV footage of Seo Yoon letting go of Yerin’s hand and causing her to fall into the pool at the KK Foods founding ceremony, Lee Hyun had instructed Secretary Choi to conduct a detailed investigation into Assemblyman Kwak.
If Seo Yoon had stopped after that day, Lee Hyun would not have touched Assemblyman Kwak.
The fact that Lee Hyun personally visited Assemblyman Kwak and gave him a warning was another opportunity.
If he had disciplined his daughter better, things probably wouldn’t have gotten this bad.
Lee Hyun had given him several chances, so he had no intention of showing any more mercy.
“Yes, Chief.”
Secretary Choi showed Lee Hyun some data on his tablet PC.
“The ST Arts Center, where Kwak Seo-yoon recently held a gayageum recital, is also connected to Assemblyman Kwak.”
“Really?”
ST Arts Center was the largest performance hall in the country.
“There is evidence that he mainly ordered the hiring of his acquaintances in order to help with the planning of Kwak Seo-yoon’s performance.”
“You’ve been putting your efforts into unnecessary things.”
“There was a tip that he seemed to have pressured ST Art Center to hire the applicant he wanted.”
The data that Secretary Choi had collected was very detailed.
“In addition, there were so many tips that he received illegal political funds that it was quite difficult to organize them.”
Lee Hyun slowly flipped through the tablet PC screen with a cold look in his eyes.
“I wonder if Chairman Cha knew that Assemblyman Kwak was this kind of person.”
“I assume he didn’t know.”
“Well. He’s the kind of person who would take it even if he knew if he had a lot to gain.”
Regardless of Chairman Cha’s intentions, Lee Hyun was now going to do what he wanted.
To protect his woman, to restore their strained relationship to how it was before.
“Let’s find the reporter who would be most interested in the data we’ve collected.”
“Yes, Chief.”
When Lee Hyun was about to turn his gaze back to the documents, wondering if all his orders had been completed,
Secretary Choi suddenly spoke up.
“Director, did you fight with Secretary Han Ye-rin?”
Lee Hyun slowly raised his head at the question.
“Oh, I’m asking because the mood between you two has been off lately. If you did fight… … .”
“You broke up.”
“Huh?”
Secretary Choi opened his mouth wide in surprise.
Unlike Secretary Choi, Lee Hyun was very calm, as if he was talking about someone else.
“When did you break up?”
“It’s been a while.”
Now that I think about it, it seems that Lee Hyun had become so cold after the ridiculous dating rumor between Seo Yoon and me.
“Is Secretary Han angry because of the dating rumor?”
“No.”
“Then why on earth would the two of you who were so close… … .”
Secretary Choi made a face as if he didn’t understand at all.
“She got sick of it.”
“Huh?”
“She pretended to like me.”
“That’s ridiculous.”
Secretary Choi kept repeating that it was nonsense, jumping up and down.
“There was a secretary who looked at the director, and honey dripped from her eyes… …”
“That’s right.”
Lee Hyun let out a snicker.
It was a smile she hadn’t seen from him in a long time.
“What are you going to do now?”
“I’ll put it back the way it was.”
Secretary Choi felt a great sense of relief as she looked into Lee Hyun’s deep eyes. They
had broken up because Yerin had suggested they break up, but Lee Hyun didn’t seem to have any intention of doing so.
“Secretary Choi, take care of the press reports about Assemblyman Kwak first.”
“Yes, I understand.”
For the peace of the Ji Seok Group’s secretary’s office, or for the happiness of the boss I was serving, she could easily deal with anyone who stood in her way.
***
A jazz bar with a nice atmosphere
Hyejin met Seo Yoon right after work.
She was planning to tell him that Lee Hyun’s condition was much different than before and extort money.
After sitting down and ordering a cocktail, before Hyejin could say anything, Seoyoon opened her mouth with a very happy expression.
“Hyejin, I think I’m going to get engaged to Chief Chaehyun.”
“Huh?”
“You’re really surprised, right? I still can’t believe it.”
It still felt like a dream that Leehyun had called her aside a few days ago to seriously talk about getting engaged.
She hadn’t heard from him since that day, but Seoyoon had been waiting quietly. She
felt that if she upset Leehyun, the opportunity for an engagement that she had worked so hard to get would be lost.
Since she had already broken up with Yerin, there was no reason to be impatient.
“Congratulations, Seoyoon.”
Hyejin congratulated her with a slightly bewildered expression.
“That’s strange. I’m sure the Chief denied the news about Seoyoon and I dating.”
Seoyoon opened her mouth as if she had read Hyejin’s thoughts.
“When that article came out, we hadn’t really discussed getting engaged yet.”
“Did you?”
“Yes. That’s why I couldn’t tell Hyejin first.” Since
the person in question said so, I had no choice but to believe it.
If Seo-yoon’s words were true, she would soon become the owner of Ji-seok Group.
When that thought occurred to Hyejin, her expression became even more gentle.
‘You have to be good at walking the tightrope.’
In particular, Seo-yoon was someone who held my weaknesses in one hand, so she had to show it even better.
“Congratulations. You two are really a good match.”
“Oh, really?”
Seo-yoon was delighted as if she had the world at her feet at Hye-jin’s flattery.
“Lee Hyun-ssi is very busy these days, right?”
“Yes. He must be busy because he works a lot, so he often works overtime and is sharper than usual.”
Seo-yoon looked interested at those words.
Hye-jin thought she had to tell Seo-yoon something that would satisfy her, so she brought up a thousand stories.
“He was always kind to Secretary Han Ye-rin, but he’s not like that these days.”
Seo-yoon covered her mouth with one hand and laughed loudly after hearing that. She
was so happy that it seemed like their relationship was over.
At that moment, Seo-yoon’s cell phone, which she had placed on the table, started to ring.
Seo-yoon’s face lit up once more as she checked the caller.
At this moment, there was another person who would be happy.
It was Hee-jun.