RWNH 08

Chapter 8

Physical Contact with the Ex-Boyfriend

“Stop saying useless things and leave.”

As if he could not endure it any longer, Jeonghyuk forced her to stand up and pushed her all the way to the door.

Even while being kicked out, Jeongyun said everything she wanted to say to Jeonghyuk.

“This is a perfect opportunity! If you miss Honeybee again this time, be prepared to have your family register changed!”

Bang.

The door of the CEO’s office closed, and silence filled the place where the storm had passed.

Not even the smallest sound could be heard, but Jeonghyuk’s ears kept replaying Jeongyun’s words.

‘You helped her because you have feelings too, right?’

Jeonghyuk frowned in displeasure and was about to sit down.

Han Isu.

The name of Honeybee, the person Jeongyun had shouted so desperately about, would not disappear from his mind.

“Oh my! Isu. You got hair extensions?”

When Isu entered the house, she saw Yeonhee’s obvious surprise.

Isu thought that her changed appearance was more effective than she expected.

“You don’t look like my daughter anymore. What suddenly happened? You’ve never tried this style before.”

“He likes this kind of style.”

Isu deliberately used Jeonghyuk as an excuse.

She was aiming at Taegang, but Yeonhee had no way of knowing that.

Isu watched Yeonhee’s face stiffen.

“In your mother’s opinion, a man who likes Isu just as she is would be the real deal.”

Yeonhee subtly put down Jeonghyuk while defending Taegang.

Isu ignored her with silence.

When Isu showed no reaction, Yeonhee added again.

“I’m glad you’re seeing that man, but don’t drag it out too long. Whoever you choose to marry will be the person you spend your whole life with. It’s not good to hurt someone. He may be holding it in now, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t hurt. Later, after living together, those things might come back to him.”

A dog covered in filth criticizing a dog with a little dust on it.

Those were words that should never have come from the mouth of someone who had deceived her father throughout their marriage.

But Isu looked at Yeonhee and smiled brightly.

“Thank you for your advice, Mom.”

About an hour after Yeonhee left her room, Taegang contacted her.

What was he going to say this time?

How much pressure had he received that Taegang, who normally rarely called, contacted her late at night?

Isu could only laugh.

“Who wrote the third-quarter strategic planning PPT?”

Taegang came out of his office and shouted toward the team members.

“I wrote it, Director.”

Assistant Manager Kim Junsik raised his hand with an embarrassed expression.

“What is this color scheme? The font size is awkward too. Mr. Kim Junsik, are your eyes just decorations? What would have happened if you had reported this to the president like this? Let’s do better. Please do better.”

After harshly criticizing him, Taegang returned to his office.

The employees comforted Junsik one by one.

“Why is that guy acting like that again?”

“I know. I thought it looked fine.”

“Being the son-in-law of the company president really is a position of power.”

“Actually, he isn’t even the son-in-law yet.”

The team members cursed Taegang for finding unnecessary faults.

In reality, it was nothing more than taking out his frustration on someone else.

Because of Yeonhee’s pressure last night, Taegang had called Isu.

And he had suffered a humiliating defeat.

That moment stayed in his mind all day.

‘Isu, are you free tomorrow? Do you want to have dinner together?’

‘What should I do? I already have plans tomorrow… Ah! Maybe I can just have dinner. My plans are drinking with someone.’

He wanted to quit everything immediately, but he could not let go of the fish he had already caught.

With no choice, he made the appointment.

‘Crazy woman. She’s so arrogant now… Just wait until we get married. I’ll pay you back for this humiliation.’

Taegang gritted his teeth.

Han Isu had changed.

Completely.

What kind of bastard was he that he could shake the Isu who had always been the same?

Today, he had to see that bastard’s face.

Taegang’s eyes became sharper than ever as he looked at the clock.

As soon as work ended, Taegang left the company and headed to the restaurant where he had promised to meet Isu.

“Were you surprised?”

When he saw Isu walking toward him, Taegang could not close his mouth.

Yeonhee had given him a hint, but Isu looked like a completely different person.

Her short hair, which had never even reached her shoulders before, had grown down to her chest and flowed beautifully.

The casual pants and T-shirts she always wore had been replaced by a soft, flowing dress.

That was not all.

She was not just wearing lipstick.

She had fresh, natural makeup on as well.

“I just wanted to try this style at least once. Is it bad?”

“No. You’re pretty.”

Taegang could not control his expression, so he lowered his head for a moment.

‘You’re not saying it’s the style that bastard likes.’

He already knew everything from Yeonhee, yet she pretended not to know.

It disgusted him.

Even while feeling annoyed, Taegang could not take his eyes off Isu.

Just like when he first saw Yeonhee.

“Taegang, you said you liked short hair before…”

“Back then, you had short hair, so I liked short hair. Now I like long hair. Because you have long hair now.”

Taegang had always said things mechanically that Isu would like.

But at this moment, it was the truth.

Because long-haired Isu really suited his taste more.

“Looks delicious.”

Throughout the meal and even while drinking tea for dessert, Taegang felt like time was passing much faster than usual.

‘After a little while, she’ll go to that bastard, right?’

Did she change her appearance this much just to look good for him?

A strange anxiety slowly rose from deep inside his heart.

Han Isu had always been easy.

Because she believed their planned first meeting was fate.

Had the blind love she had for him finally disappeared?

Recently, Taegang had started feeling a little pressure.

“Isu, there are many things I regret these days. I keep thinking that if I had treated you better, maybe you wouldn’t have wavered.”

“Taegang, don’t think like that.”

“I really want to know. What made you waver? Can you tell me?”

Isu moved her lips slightly, paused for a moment, then carefully spoke.

“Actually, I woke up briefly early in the morning the day before our wedding. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to sleep, so I took one sleeping pill.”

Isu mentioned the night before the wedding when she and Taegang stayed in the suite provided by the hotel.

She remembered that Yeonhee had also reserved a room there because she was helping with preparations.

That was why she brought it up.

“Taegang, you didn’t know, right?”

Taegang, who had no idea that Isu was making it up, was genuinely shocked.

For a moment, he wondered if Isu had noticed his relationship with Yeonhee.

But if she had, she would not be sitting here having dinner with him.

“You’re not thinking something strange, right? I just went outside because I couldn’t sleep. I was worried that making noise would wake you up.”

Because he had taken sleeping pills and fallen asleep that night, Isu had guessed.

And Taegang immediately fell for it.

So it really was like that.

Even the night before the wedding.

You…

You trash.

“I know. How could I think something strange about you, Taegang?”

“Then why…”

“When Taegang wasn’t beside me, that person called me during that early morning. I wavered… I shouldn’t have. I couldn’t marry Taegang with a heart that could shake just because of one phone call.”

“It was just temporary feelings. Because I wasn’t beside you…”

“That’s right. Because you happened to not be beside me at that moment.”

Isu cleverly blamed Taegang by saying she only wavered because he was not there.

So everything he was experiencing now was because of the choice he made at that moment.

Taegang was bothered by her words.

He worried that Isu, who always talked about fate, might give meaning to the phone call that came at that timing.

“I don’t want to leave any regrets behind, so I want to do my best. For both Taegang and that person.”

Taegang’s mouth tasted bitter.

The night before the wedding, while his future bride was asleep, he had slept with Yeonhee.

It had been more stimulating than drugs and hotter than flames.

He never imagined that the best night of his life would return with such consequences.

The only relief was that Isu did not suspect him.