Please be my wife for just one year.

EP.20

8:00 a.m.

Seongho was seated at the dining table, rereading the letter that had arrived yesterday.

The letter was old and faded in places, but the handwriting was clear.

“Seongho. If you’re reading this letter, then you must not trust Unhak.”

The rest of the letter described company-related records his father had left behind before he died, along with signs that Unhak’s father had once tried to siphon off company funds.

Seongho’s gaze turned cold.

Unhak wasn’t simply after control of the company.

He had tried to bring Seongho down to hide what had been going on since his father’s generation.

Then.

Female Lead “Mr. Seongho?”

Seongho lifted his head.

The female lead was approaching with two mugs in her hands.

Female Lead “What are you looking at this early in the morning?”

Seongho hesitated for a moment.

Then he handed her the letter.

The female lead slowly read through the letter.

Female Lead “...So Mr. Unhak was hiding this?”

Seongho “That’s highly likely.”

“...”

“I’ll check it out today.”

The female lead set the letter down and looked at Seongho.

Female Lead “I’ll go with you.”

Seongho “It could be dangerous.”

Female Lead “That’s why I have to go with you.”

Seongho’s expression softened.

Seongho “...Understood.”


---

That afternoon.

Emergency board meeting at SH Group.

Seongho disclosed the old accounting records along with the materials left behind by his father.

The meeting room stirred.

Executive 1 “If this is true...”

Director Kim “It matches the signs that Mr. Unhak’s side has been siphoning off company funds for years.”

Unhak stared at the materials, his face frozen.

Unhak “...This is fabricated.”

Seongho answered calmly.

Seongho “You can confirm that in court.”

“...”

“I have no intention of hiding this any longer.”

Unhak glared at Seongho.

Unhak “What do you know!”

Seongho took a step forward.

Seongho “If there’s something I don’t know.”

“...”

“I’ll find out everything from here on.”

At that moment, the meeting room door opened.

Investigation officers came in.

In the end, Unhak couldn’t say a word.


---

A few hours later.

Everything had been settled.

Seongho and the female lead came out of the company building.

The sun was setting.

The female lead let out a small breath, as if the tension had left her.

Female Lead “...It’s over.”

Seongho looked at her.

Seongho “Yes.”

“No one can question our marriage now.”

The female lead thought for a moment, then smiled.

Female Lead “Then this is our real newlywed life now.”

A smile spread to the corners of Seongho’s mouth too.

Seongho “I guess so.”

The two of them slowly headed home.


---

When they got home, Seongho went to the kitchen.

Female Lead “What are you doing?”

Seongho “Preparing dinner.”

Female Lead “Even on a day like today?”

Seongho “Because it’s a day like today.”

Before long, dishes were set out on the table.

The female lead looked at the table and smiled.

Female Lead “It reminds me of when we first entered the contract marriage.”

Seongho sat down across from her.

Seongho “Me too.”

Female Lead “Back then, we were super awkward with each other.”

Seongho “...We’re still a little awkward now.”

Female Lead “Liar.”

When the female lead laughed, Seongho laughed along too.

A little later, Seongho set down his chopsticks.

Then he spoke quietly.

Seongho “Ms. Yeoju.”

Female Lead “Yes?”

Seongho “There’s one promise I want to make.”

Female Lead “...What is it?”

Seongho took her hand.

Seongho “No matter what happens from now on.”

“...”

“Let’s stay together for life.”

Female Lead “...”

“I’ll promise too.”

“...”

“I won’t run away.”

Seongho gave a small laugh.

Seongho “Then that’s enough.”


---

A few days later.

The two of them returned to the hotel where they had first met.

Seongho took out a small box.

The female lead looked at it with startled eyes.

Female Lead “...What is this?”

Seongho opened the box.

Inside was a simple ring.

Seongho “A wedding ring.”

“...”

“Back then, we couldn’t prepare anything because of the contract.”

The female lead’s eyes sparkled.

Seongho “This time, I wanted to do it properly.”

He took out the ring and carefully slipped it onto the female lead’s finger.

Seongho “Kim Yeoju.”

The female lead looked at him.

Seongho “Let’s live together for the rest of our lives.”

This time, there was no “term.”

No conditions either.

The female lead smiled through tears.

Female Lead “...Yeah.”

Seongho smiled too.

And the two of them clasped hands.

The contract that had begun because they needed each other at first.

Only after that contract ended did they finally realize.

What the two of them truly wanted was not management rights or money, but
each other

One year later.

A bright spring day.

The two of them held their wedding in a small garden.

It was a quiet wedding, with only family and close acquaintances invited.

Director Kim “Good day, everyone. I’m Director Kim Donghyun, your emcee.”

...

Director Kim “We’ll begin with the bride and groom’s vows.”

Seongho “From today on, I will become the person closest to you. On happy days, I’ll smile with you, and on hard days, I’ll stay by your side. I’ll spend every day ahead together with you.”

Yeoju “Today, here, I welcome you as my lifelong partner. We, though different, will look in the same direction, strive to laugh a lot, and stand by your side in every moment.”


---

Director Kim “We’ll now proceed with the bride and groom’s march.”

Seongho looked at Seo-yoon and smiled brightly.

Seongho “Please take good care of me.”

The female lead answered with a smile.

Female Lead “Me too.”

Seongho squeezed her hand tightly.

The two of them walked forward together.

This time, there was no contract.

There was only their feelings for each other.

That was enough.

THE END. 💍❤️